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Takht-e Soleyman "The Throne of Solomon" (Persian:
تخت سليمان) is the holiest shrine of
Zoroastrianism and the former
Sassanid Empire. On 3 July 2003, twenty-four
sites were inscribed by the
UNESCO as a collective
World Heritage Site; one of these sites was the
Takht-e Soleyman. It is located near the
modern town of
Takab,
West Azarbaijan in
Iran.
The fortified site is situated in a valley, set
amid a mosaic of cultivated fields 250 miles west of
Tehran. The site includes the remains of a
Zoroastrian sanctuary partially rebuilt during
the
Ilkhanid period, as well as a temple from the
Sassanid ages that was dedicated to the Persian
goddess
Anahita (modern Persian Nahid). Like many
other sites in
Iran such as
Firouzabad, the designs of the
fire temple, the palace and the general layout
are thought to have heavily influenced the
development of
Islamic architecture.
Legend has it 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. 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.
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. According to
legend, each potential Sassanid ruler journeyed
there to humble himself at the sacred fire altar
before ascending the throne.
Solomon's Throne or
Sulayman Mountain may also refer to a site
located in
Osh,
Ferghana Valley in southern
Kyrgyzstan. It was once a place of muslim
pilgrimage. At the summit, there is an ancient
mosque built by Bobur in
1510.
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