{"id":14284,"date":"2017-07-18T08:14:19","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T08:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T14:32:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:32:22","slug":"takht-e-soleyman-royal-architectural","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surfiran.com\/mag\/takht-e-soleyman-royal-architectural\/","title":{"rendered":"Takht-e Soleyman – An Outstanding Ensemble Of Royal Architectural"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Takht-e Soleyman is the unique survival of one of the three principal fire temples of the Zoroastrian faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

reveals architectural achievements of outstanding universal values, which from artistic, religious, mythical, and historical points of view, emerge from a symbiosis of man-made and spectacular natural setting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Takht-e Soleyman bears some legendary and fascinating identities. It has been supposed to be a mirror of the Paradise itself, Mark Anthony’s touch-stone, the Parthian horsemen’s Phraaspa or even the place where the Holy Graal was conserved. None of these legends has been proved by any real fact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nevertheless, archaeological research shows that the site has to be identified with the location of the Sassanian fire temple of Athur-Gushnasp (Azargoshnasb) of the 5th and 6th centuries. It is the best preserved and most fascinating old fire temple complex known in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Takht-e Soleyman in Zoroastrian book<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

According to Avestan texts (sacred Zoroastrian book), Athur-Gushnasp was one of the three principal fire temple of the Sassanians; the location of the two other ones have not been so far discovered. Natural and archaeological features of Takht-e Soleyman are quite unique. It is the largest and probably one of the most ancient ritual places of the Zoroastrians ever discovered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zoroastrians in takht-e soleym\u0101n, photo: wikipedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

While the exact names and identifications of other Sassanian religious centres are not known and they are essentially situated in the southern half of the Iranian plateau, Takht-e Soleyman bears the exceptional testimony to the royal fire temple of Sassanian emperors in north-western Iran<\/a> for which we possess firm archaeological evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Archaeological research at Takht-e Soleyman has provided important data on functional aspect of a Zoroastrian fire temple<\/a>, the facts which are not or rarely known elsewhere. Takht-e Soleyman is, therefore, the unique extant testimony of one of the three principal fire temples of the Zoroastrian religion during the Sassanian period (3rd to 7th centuries A.D.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Natural aspects<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Natural aspects of the site together with its religious and historic importance constitute another significant factor feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fire temple is situated in a mountainous setting marked by a small lake. The lake, which is supplied by sources operating as an artesian well, is undoubtedly at the origin of foundation of this site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is interesting to notice that the surrounding plain watered by the source of Takht-e Soleyman is as green as it was described in the past by the medieval historians as the pasture for horses of the Mongol Ilkhanid army.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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