🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Jameh Mosque of Isfahan
mosque in Isfahan, Iranian national heritage site and World heritage site
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Takht-e Soleyman — Azargoshnasb Fire Temple North Iwan
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Takht-e Soleyman — Azargoshnasb Fire Temple North Iwan in West Azerbaijan, Takht-e Soleyman, Iran is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple com…
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Dahan-e Gholaman Palace Q — Northern Building
Achaemenid (500 BCE) · Achaemenid
Dahan-e Gholaman Palace Q — Northern Building in Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran is a Achaemenid (500 BCE) temple-complex attributed to Achaemenid.
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Chogha Mish — High Mound North Shrine (Khuzestan)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Chogha Mish — High Mound North Shrine (Khuzestan) in Khuzestan, Chogha Mish, Iran is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed …
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Bishapur — Sassanid City and Anahita Temple
Sassanian Early (Shapur I–II, 241–379 CE) · Sassanian Persian with Roman–Palmyrene craftsmen (prisoners)
Shapur I 260 CE grid city by Roman POWs after Valerian capture — Anahita water temple, mosaics, Chogan gorge 6 reliefs.
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Chogha Zanbil Ziggurat Outer Court Annex
Late Bronze Age (1500-1100 BCE) · Elamite
Chogha Zanbil Ziggurat Outer Court Annex in Khuzestan, Haft Tappeh, Iran is a Late Bronze Age (1500-1100 BCE) temple complex attributed to Elamite.
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Chogha Zanbil Ziggurat Outer Court Annex — Eastern Outlier
Late Bronze Age (1500-1100 BCE) · Elamite
Chogha Zanbil Ziggurat Outer Court Annex — Eastern Outlier in Khuzestan, Haft Tappeh, Iran is a Late Bronze Age (1500-1100 BCE) temple complex attributed to Elamite.
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Chogha Zanbil Ziggurat Outer Court Annex — Southern Extension
Late Bronze Age (1500-1100 BCE) · Elamite
Chogha Zanbil Ziggurat Outer Court Annex — Southern Extension in Khuzestan, Haft Tappeh, Iran is a Late Bronze Age (1500-1100 BCE) temple complex attributed to Elamite.
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Chogha Zanbil Ziggurat Outer Court Annex — Western Terrace
Late Bronze Age (1500-1100 BCE) · Elamite
Chogha Zanbil Ziggurat Outer Court Annex — Western Terrace in Khuzestan, Haft Tappeh, Iran is a Late Bronze Age (1500-1100 BCE) temple complex attributed to Elamite.
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Chogha Zanbil — Middle Court Ancillary (Elamite Ziggurat)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Chogha Zanbil — Middle Court Ancillary (Elamite Ziggurat) in Khuzestan, Shush, Chogha Zanbil, Iran is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple co…
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Estakhr — Fire Temple North Platform (Fars)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Estakhr — Fire Temple North Platform (Fars) in Fars, Estakhr, Iran is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Multi-period…
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Haft Tepe (Kabnak) Ziggurat — Elamite Royal Tomb Complex
Middle Elamite (Kabnak period) · Elamite
Middle Elamite ziggurat-tomb of King Tepti-Ahar c.1470 BCE at Haft Tepe (Kabnak) — 33 m platform with 354 m vaulted royal tomb and 400-tablet archive.
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Jiroft Konar Sandal South Ziggurat
Early Bronze · Jiroft / Halil Rud
Jiroft Konar Sandal South Ziggurat at Kerman, Jiroft, Iran is a Early Bronze temple complex of the Jiroft / Halil Rud tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for stepped platform south mound tablet archive.
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Kangavar — Anahita Temple North Column (Kermanshah)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Kangavar — Anahita Temple North Column (Kermanshah) in Kermanshah, Kangavar, Iran is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed …
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Sanctuary of Furnace
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Sanctuary of Furnace in Fars Province, Iran is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) temple complex attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Rock art
Kurangun
Elamite (c.2000–1000 BCE; peak Middle Elamite c.1500) · Elamite (Kurangun shrine of Inshushinak)
Kurangun is a massive Elamite open-air rock-cut shrine (20×7 m) on Mamasani cliff with 15 divine figures in low relief — gods enthroned, worshippers and fish-go...
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Ziggurat of Tepe Musiyan (Deh Luran)
Late Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (Uruk to ED) · Proto-Elamite / Jemdet Nasr
Early highland proto-ziggurat at Tepe Musiyan, Deh Luran — 50×70 m oval platform c.3100 BCE linking Uruk Susiana to Elamite highland terraces.
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Taq-e Bostan Rock Reliefs
Sassanian Empire (224–651 CE), late Sassanian zenith · Sassanian Zoroastrian (Ahura Mazda, Anahita, Mithra) court art
Sassanian Zagros spring iwans: Shapur II/III small and Khosrow II great with boar hunt and armored cavalry.
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Tepe Giyan Ziggurat Mound (Nahavand)
Early to Middle Bronze Age (Giyan III–IV) · Elamite / Highland Zagros (Giyan culture)
Zagros highland terrace shrine at Tepe Giyan c.2800–1700 BCE — 40 m proto-ziggurat mound linking Elamite terraces to later Median fire temples.
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Choga Gavaneh Ziggurat Mound (Islamabad-e Gharb)
Old Babylonian to Kassite (Middle Bronze) · Kassite / Highland Zagros
Zagros highland ziggurat at Choga Gavaneh c.1800 BCE — 60 m square mudbrick platform 15 m high with Kassite pottery linking Babylonia to Sialk highland line.
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Takht-e Soleyman — Throne of Solomon and Azargoshnasb Fire Temple
Sasanian Empire 224–651 CE (peak 5th–7th century) → Ilkhanid 13th century reuse · Sasanian Zoroastrian → Ilkhanid Mongol Islamic palace phase
Sasanian Great Fire temple on a 120 m artesian lake — shahs' coronation sanctuary, later Ilkhanid palace.
🇮🇷 Iran · Temple complex
Choqa Zanbil (Dur Untash)
Middle Elamite (c.1250–640 BCE) · Elamite
Elamite holy city built by King Untash-Napirisha (1250 BCE) to honor god Inshushinak: immense 105×105 m square ziggurat (originally 53 m high, 5 storeys) at center of three concentric walls with…
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Haft Tepe (Haft Tappeh, ancient Kabnak)
Middle Elamite (1500–1350 BCE; short floruit ~100 years) · Middle Elamite (Kidinuid→Igihalkid)
Middle Elamite tomb-temple city of Tepti-Ahar with vaulted royal tombs and 600-tablet archive.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Konar Sandal (Jiroft – Marhashi)
Early to Middle Bronze (2500–1800 BCE; peak 2400–2200 BCE) · Jiroft / Kerman Bronze Age (Proto-Elamite derived, Halil Rud)
Jiroft twin citadels — 21 m windowed fortress and chlorite workshop centre of Marhashi.