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Kotaleh Khour Cave

Kataleh Khour Cave
Kotaleh Khour Cave, located 165 km southwest of Zanjan, is one of the most beautiful caves in the world. The stalagmites in Kotaleh Khour Cave have turned into beautiful shapes by the lapse of time including statue shapes resembling bride and groom, the wedding table, the bride-groom alley, candle castle, holy Mary Hall, and the withered palm tree giving a special glamour to the cave, bewildering visitors. The skeleton of a quadruped animal, which has turned into calcite belonging to the fourth geological era, is seen in one of the chambers of the cave.

Verjuy Mithra Temple

Verjuy Mithra Temple
Oldest Mithraist Temple
Architecture and art are the best forms of the emergence of the human attitude towards religious rituals and the importance of these rituals. In ancient Persia, one of the most important ritual foundations for forming space was the Mithraic beliefs. The significance of architectural design in Mithraic temples is presented in various periods of art and architecture in Iran and other parts of the globe depending on the complexity of the Mithraic mysteries.

Fars province is a unique workshop of sculpture and Achaemenian arts

Fars province is a unique workshop of sculpture and Achaemenian arts
A collection contains the 250-years history of the Achaemenid rule (559 BC to 330 BC). A unique collection including 3 Royal Palace complexes in Persepolis - Pasargad, and Susa(Khuzestan Province), also about 4,000 bas-reliefs mainly in Fars province - 6 stone tombs in Shiraz (4 in Naghsh-e Rostam and 2 in Persepolis), and a stone tomb in Pasargad.

15 stunning features of Persepolis history

15 stunning features of Persepolis history
In 518 BC, some of the most experienced engineers, architects, and artists from all over the Achaemenid territories were invited to build the first Royal Complexes.
The building could be a symbol of global unity, peace, and equality for thousands of years. The Achaemenid Empire was the first Persian empire (550-330 BCE). It was founded by Cyrus in Asia and expanded in some parts of Europe. Their lands stretched from the Danube River in Europe to the Aral Sea in Central Asia and from the Indian Ocean and the Indus to Abyssinia and Libya.

Persepolis, glory of past, a treasure of the present

Persepolis, glory of the past, a treasure of the present
Persepolis (Old Persian PĂ„rsa, modern Takht-e Jamshid): Greek name of one of the capitals of the ancient Achaemenid empire, founded by the great king Darius (522-486 BCE). There were several satellite sites, like Naqs-i Rustam and Takht-e Rostam. There are some indications that the site of Persepolis was already a government center under Cyrus the Great (559530) and his son Cambyses II (530-522), but there are no archaeological traces of this older phase.