Conservation of Kashkan Sassanid-Islamic Bridge in Lorestan Province with Cultural Landscape Approach (Artistic)

Abstract

Lorestan province in west of Iran, with its rich rivers, established links between the capitals and important cities of Iran during different periods. The need for quick and easy access and permanent communication between these areas with rich rivers and deep valleys, has led to the construction of huge bridges. The undiscovered identity and value of these works for the indigenous people of the region, the country and the international community, destruction of the works and the natural environment associated with it by indigenous people, Absence of the program and the necessary funds for conservation and restoration by trustees, to ignore the natural environment and the natural context of bridges in conservation, all have made these valuable properties destroyed. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to identify the cultural landscape of the studied bridges and their challenges of conservation in order to provide a basis for a systematic model to conserve them. In this research, information gathering was carried out in the form of library and field studies, and four important bridges were identified on the Kashkan River. Ultimately, the Kashkan Bridge was chosen as a case study due to its location on ancient routs, Sassanian architecture roots and unique architecture. In the following, conservation challenges of cultural landscape of Kashkan historic bridge were identified, analyzed and categorized using qualitative research method, data analysis and its related coding.

Keywords

• cultural landscape
• historical bridges of lorestan
• qualitative data coding
• challenges