Photo ID: GA0001
Site: Firuzabad
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Description: Modern Firuzabad, known as Gor and Ardashir-Khorra (“Glory of Ardashir”) in Sasaian times, is situated 1109 km south of Shiraz, at the geographical coordinates 28 degrees 50’ N, 52 degrees E, at an altitude of ca. 1,300 m. Abundantly watered by the Firuzabad river and by seasonal springs, the town is surrounded by high wooded mountains used for pasture and reached by defensible access roads. Believed to have been founded by Ardashir I (AD 224-241), Gor was Ardashir’s stronghold in his revolt against the last Parthian king. The Sasanian town was a round city encircled by double walls separated by a 35 m wide ditch pierced by four axial city gates. The plan of the town was a perfect circle, 1,950 m in diameter, divided precisely into twenty sectors with radial concentric streets.
Photo Source: Berghe, Louis vanden, "Splendeur de Sassanides", Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Bruxelles, 1993.
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Last updated: November 8, 2001:jlz