Behistun Palace
Behistun palace is a ruined Sassanid palace located in Bisotun, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Kermanshah, Iran. It faces the cliff with the much older Behistun inscription and rock relief, across the ancient road running between Behistun mountain and Behistun lake. The palace has long been regarded in Persian tradition as a residence of Shirin, queen of Khosrau II, the Sassanid Shah of Persia who reigned from 590 to 628, shortly before the Muslim conquest of Persia. This connection is first documented, in surviving records, by early Islamic geographers,[1] and is elaborated in various later stories and myths, as a fictionalized Shirin became an important heroine of later Persian literature, such as the Shahnameh ("Book of Kings").[2] It is included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Bisotun.
See also
- Behistun Inscription
- Darius I of Persia
- Taq-e Bostan (Rock reliefs of various Sassanid kings)
- Achaemenid empire
- Iran National Heritage List
34°23′18″N 47°26′12″E / 34.38833°N 47.43667°E / 34.38833; 47.43667
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Kermanshah Province, Iran
- Kohneh Bridge
- Behistun Inscription
- Taq-e Bostan
- Temple of Anahita
- The Stone cave Hossein Kuhkan
- Dinavar
- Ganj Dareh
- Essaqwand Rock Tombs
- Sorkh Deh chamber tomb
- Malek Tomb
- Hulwan
- Median dakhmeh(Darbad,Sahneh)
- Ghar Parau
- Do-Ashkaft Cave
- Tekyeh Moaven al-molk
- Dokan Davood Inscription,Sar Pol-e-Zahab
- Tagh e gara,Patagh pass
- Sarab Niloufar
- Ghoori Ghale Cave
- Khaja Barookh's House
- Chiyajani Tappe
- Statue of Herakles in Behistun complex
- Emad al doleh Mosque
- Tekyeh Biglarbeygi
- Hunters cave,Behistun_complex
- Jamé Mosque of Kermanshah
- Godin Tepe
- Bas relief of Gotarzes II of Parthia
- Anubanini rock relief
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