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Location:

  • Iran (Islamic Republic of), ‘Arablū
  • geo:37.385113,47.167515
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • -2000~ / 13xx

Class:

  • Castle
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=31812

Annotations

Qalʿah Zaḥḥāk, south of ʿArablū.

A possible location for ancient city of Phraaspa or Phraata, according to the Barrington Atlas.

See:

  1. Ancient castles and fortresses in Iran: Zahhak Castle, https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/447988/Ancient-castles-and-fortresses-in-Iran-Zahhak-Castle
  2. https://irangazetteer.humspace.ucla.edu/catalogue/qaleh-zohak-%d9%82%d9%84%d8%b9%d9%87-%d8%b2%d9%87%d8%a7%da%a9/ 
  3. Derakhshi, H. and F. Khademi, “The Chronological Occupation of Zahak Castle on the Basis of Three Seasons of Archaeological Excavations (2000-2002),” Bulletin of Parthian and Mixed Oriental Studies, vol. 1, 2005 (2006), pp. 31-42.

 


Relevant museums

Tabriz, Azerbaijan Museum

Tabriz, Azerbaijan Museum


Nearby

Zoroastrian temple

Zoroastrian temple

Great Wall of Zahhak Castel (1 km)

Great Wall of Zahhak Castel


This object was added by Ludwinski on 2016-12-29. Last update by Ian Mladjov on 2026-04-06. Persistent URI: http://vici.org/vici/31812 . Download as RDF/XML, KML.
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