Historic ensemble of Qasr-e Shirin
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Iran (Islamic Republic of) (Asia and the Pacific)
Date of Submission: 22/05/1997
Criteria:
Category:
Cultural
Submission prepared by:
Iranian Cultural Heritage Organization
Coordinates:
Qasr-e Shrin, Kermanshah province
Ref.: 889
Description
This ensemble is located within a perimeter covering ? hectares northeast of Qasr-e Shirin and includes such architectural and urban remains from the late Sassanian period and the early Islamic period as the palace of Khosrow (attributed to the Sassanian Chosroes II, AD 591-628), the Chahar Qapu monument, remains of a stone tower famous as Ban Qal'eh (from the Sassanian period and the early Islamic period) and remains of a caravansary from the Safavid period.



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