Western Azerbaijan Heritage

Iravan until 1828, Erevan from 1828 to 1936.

Yerevan since 1936.

Architec­ture

Sulu caravan­se­rai, which is one of the tangible cultural heri­ta­ges of the an­cient city of Ira­van, was blown up by the Arme­nians and other buildings were built in its place.

The Sulu caravanserai was located in the city of Iravan, and there were 74 shops in and around the caravanserai. In the construction of this caravanserai, baked bricks, hewn ashlar and marble were used. The caravanserai and the shops around it served as a place where the people of the city and the surrounding region came to shop and trade. In some sources, caravanserai is shown as a “Sulu gamchi (whip)”.

Sulu caravan­se­rai was one of the largest among the other caravansaries. The caravan­se­rai was impor­tant for merc­hants co­ming from out­side areas as a place to stay and sell their goods. Al­so, the towns­people mostly sup­plied the pro­­ducts they needed from the caravanserai and the shops around it.