Takht-e Soleymān
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- For the similarly named locations see Takht-e Suleyman Massif in Iran and Sulayman Mountain near Osh, Kyrgyzstan.
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The crater at Takht-e Soleymān
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| Location | West Azarbaijan, Iran |
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| Type | Settlement |
| Official name | Takht-e Soleyman |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | i, ii, iii, iv, vi |
| Designated | 2003 (27th session) |
| Reference no. | 1077 |
| Region | Asia-Pacific |
Takht-e Soleymān (Persian: تخت سلیمان) (Azerbaijani: Təxti Süleyman), also known as Shiz or Azar Goshnasp,[1] literally "the Fire of the Warrior Kings", is an archaeological site in West Azarbaijan, Iran. It lies midway between Urmia and Hamadan, very near the present-day town of Takab, and 400 km (250 mi) west of Tehran.
The originally fortified site, which is located on a volcano crater rim, was recognized as a World Heritage Site in July 2003. The citadel includes the remains of a Zoroastrian fire temple built during the Sassanid period and partially rebuilt during the Ilkhanid period. This site got this Semitic name after the Arab conquest. This temple housed one of the three "Great Fires" or "Royal Fires" that Sassanid rulers humbled themselves before in order to ascend the throne. The fire at Takht-i Soleiman was called ādur Wishnāsp and was dedicated to the arteshtar or warrior class of the Sasanid.[2]
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 Arab conquest of Persia. A 4th century[citation needed] 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.
Archaeological excavations have revealed traces of a 5th-century BC occupation during the Achaemenid period, as well as later Parthian settlements in the citadel. Coins belonging to the reign of Sassanid kings, and that of the Byzantine emperor Theodosius II (AD 408-450), have also been discovered there.
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Ruins of Takht-e-Soleyman's gate
See also
- Cities of the Ancient Near East
- Derbent - another Sassanid fortress in the World Heritage List
- Iranian architecture
- List of Iranian castles
- Sassanid Dynasty
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Takht-i-Suleiman. |
- Takhtesoleiman.ir, Official Website
- Unesco.org, Takht-e Soleyman - UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Opera.com, image from Takht-e suleiman
- Irannegah.com, Video from Takht-e Soleyman
- More pictures, Tishineh
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- Articles with unsourced statements from December 2010
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- Archaeological sites in Iran
- Fire temples
- Takab County
- World Heritage Sites in Iran
- Sasanian castles
- Iranian architecture
- Former populated places in Iran
- Visitor attractions in West Azerbaijan Province
- History of West Azerbaijan Province
- Buildings and structures in West Azerbaijan Province
