Travel Guide Shushtar

The small town, rather picturesque at the confluence of two rivers, has fortunately been spared the destruction of the Iran-Iraq war. We will focus on the dams of the sassanide era and the old Sika, rudimentary water mills excavated in the rock, erected between the viiie and the tenth century. See in particular the Valerien bridge bridge. The Roman emperor of King Shahpur I (241-272) was forced by him to participate physically in the work. The works of art, which flowed from the Karoun River, were originally 550 meters long. It was intended to channel water flow, facilitate irrigation and protect flooding from the downstream city. The mobile valve bridge also provided energy to water mills. The animation of Shushtar is mainly centered around one of the roundabout roundabout that runs through the small stretched town. In winter, the streets of Shushtar attract many Bakhtiaris, nomadic pastors in the transhumance of the Iranian plateau to camp in the surrounding area beneath their large black tents. In summer, the torrid heat on the plains of Susiane, leading to the Persian Gulf, sometimes spawns the 50 ° C in the shadows, not to mention the humidity of the air… The Bakhtiaris then resume their seasonal migration to the highlands, looking for a little freshness and pasture for their own herds of sheep.