File:Tower-like structure (minar) standing at the very centre of the circular city of Gor, built during the reign of Ardashir I, the founder of the Sassanid Empire, 3rd century AD, Firuzabad, Iran (50524981902).jpg
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The tower is a pier of rough stone masonry 9 m square and more than 30 m high. It was the core of a stair-tower with the width of the destroyed stairs and outer walls added, its actual width is estimated to be about 20 metres. The tower provided visual contact with the fortifications above the main access road to the plain, and beside this military function, it must have been indispensable for surveying activities when the planning scheme of the town and plain was laid out. The original ancient city of Gor, dating back to the Achaemenid period, was destroyed by Alexander the Great. Centuries later, Ardashir I, the founder of the Sassanian Empire, revived the city before it was ransacked during the Arab Muslim invasion of the seventh century. It was again revived by the Buyids, but was eventually abandoned in the Qajar period and was replaced by a nearby town, which is now Firuzabad. |
| Date | 21 April 2019, 08:08 (according to Exif data) |
| Source | Tower-like structure (minar) standing at the very centre of the circular city of Gor, built during the reign of Ardashir I, the founder of the Sassanid Empire, 3rd century AD, Firuzabad, Iran |
| Author | Carole Raddato from Frankfurt, Germany |
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