Fire Temple of Isfahan

Fire Temple of Isfahan
Picture of the fire temple in 2007
Religion
AffiliationZoroastrianism
ProvinceIsfahan Province
RegionIran
Location
LocationIran Isfahan, Iran
MunicipalityIsfahan
StateIsfahan, Iran
TerritoryIran
Architecture
StyleSassanid
MaterialsStone

32°38′53″N 51°34′13″E / 32.648124°N 51.570339°E / 32.648124; 51.570339 (Atashgah complex, Isfahan, Iran)The Fire Temple of Isfahan (Persian: آتشگاه اصفهان Âtašgâh-e Esfahân, also Romanized as Ātashgāh-e Esfahān) is a Sassanid-era archaeological complex located on a hill of the same name about eight kilometers west of city center of Isfahan, Iran.[1][2]

The hill, which rises about 210 meters above the surrounding plain, was previously called Maras or Marabin after a village near there, and it is by that name that the site is referred to by Arab historians.

  1. ^ "آتشگاه، یادگاری کهن از زرتشیان اصفهان". Iranian Students News Agency. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  2. ^ "مرمت آتشگاه اصفهان بعد از پنجاه سال آغاز شد". Islamic Republic News Agency. Retrieved 4 March 2021.