The Tehran -Balerian palace was once a residence of the Roman Emperor, who was once fascinated by the Sassanish era in the southern Iranian Bishapool, but will be excavated.
According to Lesanolouge, a cultural heritage and teachers of the Tourism Institute, we are planning to explore the archeological site of palace in the ancient city of Bishapur, Fars.
Norouji gave a lecture at a specialized archeological seminar held in Kazeln, emphasizing the historical significance of Bishapool and the archaeological research in this area. He pointed out that historic information sources, especially Islamic geographical texts, provide valuable insights on the climate, urban structure, and accessibility of Bishapool.
Bishapool’s first archeological research dates back to the era before World War II, when French archeologists conducted research in ancient cities. Their approaches included structures, mapping, and partial excavations of documents, but left no discharge. After the war, the French team suddenly left the site and left artifacts and mosaics.
The second phase of archeological research is the late Iranian arician, an archabal in Iran, focusing on the Sassa Need palace in the royal fuzzy, including Anachita’s temples and ritual halls, between 1968 and 1978.・ It was done under the instructions of Salafraz. From 1995 to 2004, the third phase, led by Mohammad Mehryar, further investigated the city layout of Bishapur.
Currently, the efforts of Bishapool are focusing on saving sites, establishing museums and libraries, managed infrastructure, site fencing, and enhancing visitor routes.
A glimpse of the ruined palace
The Valerian Palace, located about 150 meters east of the Shapur palace, is now a collapse of abandoned INS. Originally, after being captured by Shapur I, the structure constructed to accommodate the Roman Emperor Valerian played an important role in the history of the Sassanish Empire. Following the decisive victory of the Roman Corps, Valerian and 70,000 soldiers became prisoners, and the palace was built to monitor the emperor.
POWs who have knowledge of architecture and construction have been brought to the western part of Iran to participate in the Persian architectural projects, and many palaces, dams, and bridges have been built using Roman soldiers. Ta.
Valerian himself is said to be familiar with construction technology and may have contributed to his design of Bishapool’s palace. It is known that the palace occupies more than 3,000 square meters. It was the only structure of Iran before Islam, which was completely made of stone. The stones are all equal and shaped, the same quality as the stone used in Anachita’s temples, and many were combined with clamps. The shallow depression, which can be seen by the binding of the stone and gives an interesting appearance to the palace, was originally filled with molten lead, increasing the structure.
Vishapool ancient city
Bishapool (literally, “Shapur city”) was a magnificent capital of Sassanish King Sassanid, whose army defeated the Romans three times. Like the Arch Bridge in Chustar, many of the Bishapool are said to have been built by Roman soldiers who were taken prisoner after the emperor Balerian was defeated in C. 260 CE.
Bishapool is located south of the modern Farillan, right next to the ancient road between Persis and Eram, connecting Sasania’s capital Istocar (close to Persepolis) and Filza Bird to Susha and Ktishifon. 。 The city was built near the river intersection.
Many of the architectural aspects of Bishapool look Roman and do not belong to the tradition of Iranian buildings. An example is what experts call the “Hippodamian Plan”. In other words, the city looks like a grid iron, but the city in Iran means that the design was usually circulating. A website on ancient history written and maintained by the Dutch historian Jonah Rendering since 1996.
Bishapool continued to be an important city in the Arab’s invasion of Persian and the second quarter of the 7th century, up to Islamic rise. It was the center of Islamic Learning (Madrassa was excavated), and there were still people living in the 10th century, but the decline began in the 7th century.
In 2018, UNESCO is an ensemble in Sassania in southern Iran, (entitled “Foods Area Sassanid Archeological Landscape” and has been added to the World Heritage List. The ensemble is Firuzabad, Bishapur, and Sarvestan. It consists of the eight archeological sites located in the three geographical parts, which is an optimized use that witnessed the natural terrain and the cultural tradition of Achemenid and Rome. It was reflected, which later had a major impact on architecture and artistic style of the Islamic era.
Sassanide’s archeological landscape represents a very efficient system for land use and strategic use of natural terrain in the creation of the Sassa Need Civilization’s most early cultural center.
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