Takht-e Soleyman castle & Azargoshnasb Fire temple.

Iran / Azarbayejan-e Gharbi / Takab /
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Takht-e Soleyman is situated in a valley set in a volcanic mountain region. The site includes the principal Zoroastrian sanctuary, dating to Achaemenid period and partly rebuilt in the Ilkhanid period (13th century) as well as Azargoshnasb temple from Sassanid era (3th to 7th centuries). It is the largest and the best-preserved vestige of its kind known in the world.

According to legend, Azargoshnasb temple housed one the three "Great Fires" or "Royal Fires". Sassanid rulers are said to have journeyed there to humble themselves at the fire altar before ascending the throne. The site has important symbolic significance and was recognized as a World Heritage Site in July 2003.

Folk legend relates that King Solomon used to imprison monsters inside the 100 m deep crater of the nearby Zendan-e Soleyman "Prison of Solomon". Another crater inside the fortification itself is filled with spring water; Solomon is said to have created a flowing pond that still exists today. Nevertheless, Solomon belongs to Semitic legends and therefore, the lore and namesake (Solomon's Throne) should have been formed following Islamic conquest of Persia. A 4th century Armenian manuscript relating to Jesus and Zarathustra, and various historians of the Islamic period, mention this pond. The foundations of the fire temple around the pond is attributed to that legend.

UNESCO World Heritage: whc.unesco.org/en/list/1077/
(360 virtual tour) www.world-heritage-tour.org/asia/central-asia/iran/takh...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takht-e_Soleyman
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Coordinates:   36°36'13"N   47°14'4"E

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  • Photos 1- from Wikipedia by Elnaz 2- from Wikipedia by Elnaz 3- from Wikipedia by Elnaz 4- from Wikipedia by Elnaz 5- from takhte-soleiman.com
  • Photo 6- by Ali Majdfar - http://www.pbase.com/k_amj/image/95853399 7- by Ali Majdfar - http://www.pbase.com/k_amj/image/96797185
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