Palace of Ardashir
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Palace of Ardashir Bābakān, also known as the Ātashkadeh, is a castle located on the slopes of the mountain on which Qal'eh Dokhtar is situated.
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Exterior elevation, Palace of Ardashir, at Sarvestan, 1905
Interior elevation, Palace of Ardashir, 1905
The Palace of Ardashir
Iwan
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An iwan is a rectangular hall or space, usually vaulted, walled on three sides, with one end entirely open. The formal gateway to the iwan is called pishtaq, a Persian term for a portal projecting fro
Palace of Ardashir
…tiled on its sides, surrounded by pavement for guests of the royal court to enjoy the evenings by. The structure is 104 m (340 ft) by 55 m (180 ft). The iwan is 18 m (60 ft) high, although it has partially collapsed. The structure was built of local rocks and mortar with plasterwork on the insides. The style…
Multiple iwans and tiled domes of the 16th-century Persian-style Mir-i-Arab madrasa, Bukhara, Uzbekistan
View of an iwan at Hatra (present-day Iraq)
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The iwan of the Palace of Ardashir