Qal'eh Dokhtar

Fars Province · Iran

Qal'eh Dokhtar, Iran
Photo: Herbert karim masihi, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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An early Sasanian palace-fortress built by Ardashir I on a rocky spur above the Firuzabad gorge. Its terraced halls and pioneering squinch domes mark a formative moment in Persian architecture.

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