“Once, as the derelict caravanserais that litter the landscape mutely testify, the Silk Route ran through the Mazandaran.”
“Said to be one of the oldest preserved caravanserais in the world, maybe a thousand years, it wears its age and restoration with solidity rather than elegance.”
“Sheki is also known for its huge caravanserais of which it once had five, a time when local silk was a valued commodity on Caucasian trade routes.”