Bishapur

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Bishapur

in Persian: بیشاپور
The ruins of Bishapur
Shown within Iran
Alternative name	Bishâpûr
Location	Kazerun, Fars Province, Iran
Coordinates	29°46′40″N 51°34′15″E / 29.77778°N 51.57083°E / 29.77778; 51.57083
Type	Settlement
History
Builder	Shapur I
Founded	226 AD
Cultures	Persian (Sasanian era)

Bishapur (Middle Persian: Bay-Šāpūr; Persian: بیشاپور, Bishâpûr) was an ancient city in Sasanid Persia (Iran) on the ancient road between Persis and Elam. The road linked the Sassanid capitals Estakhr (very close to Persepolis) and Ctesiphon. It is located south of modern Faliyan in the Kazerun County of Pars Province, Iran. Bishapur was built near a river crossing and at the same site there is also a fort with rock-cut reservoirs and a river valley with six Sassanid rock reliefs.