Water is springing from a depth of 65 m height and it produces 100 liter per hour of water with surface temperature of 21 C. This ancient citadel spreads over 124000 square meter. In the center there is fire temple belonging to Sassanid period. The German-Iranian archeologists discovered this famous fire temple which has been destroyed by Roman king Heraclius in 624 Christian. You can see this spectacular skeleton of Takht-e Soleyman here:

Researchers have included that Takhte Soleyman is the old Shiz which was also famous as Kanjak in Sassanid period and roman called there Gazga and Arabs called there Shiz too. It has been also found that this citadel was founded in Sassanid dynasty. However, it has been again a place of interest in Abaghakhan in mogul’s period and has been rebuilt again. The Arch of Khosro or Ivan-e khosro is a little smaller that Arch of Mada’in or Taq-e Kasra and is situated in north west of the lake. The khosro fortress is in west of the fire temple and is built in Roman Bazilika’s style. You can see its pictures here:

This archeological site has several interesting buildings and places to see and beside that there is a magnificent natural lake in the center which is very deep indeed. This lake is called takhte soleyman lake and is 75m depth and in the deepest part 100m deep. The spring is 42 degree of centigrade in the core and 21 degree in the surface. You can see its pictures below:

And also you can find the place with the map below:

• Map of Takhte Soleyman Map of Takhte Soleyman
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• takht-e soleyman fortress takht-e soleyman fortress
• picture of takhte soleyman temple picture of takhte soleyman temple
• takht-e soleyman sassanid temple takht-e soleyman sassanid temple
• takht-e soleyman sassanid fire temple takht-e soleyman sassanid fire temple
• takht-e soleyman ancient relic takht-e soleyman ancient relic
• takht-e soleyman image takht-e soleyman image
• image of takhte soleyman temple image of takhte soleyman temple
• lake and site of takht-e soleyman lake and site of takht-e soleyman
• takhte soleyman sassanid castle takhte soleyman sassanid castle
• ancient arch of takhte soleyman temple ancient arch of takhte soleyman temple
• panorama Image of Takht-e soleyman panorama Image of Takht-e soleyman
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Bon voyage!

 

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translated by Sohrab MirzaAbedini