Sasanian architecture refers to the Persian architectural style that reached a peak in its development during the Sasanian era. In many ways the Sasanian...

support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. The Sasanian Empire (/səˈsɑːniən, səˈseɪniən/), officially Eranshahr (Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭠𐭭𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩...

Caliphate (661–750) combined elements of Byzantine architecture and Sasanian architecture, but Umayyad architecture introduced new combinations of these styles...

the Sasanians may have raised Sasan's rank to that of a god's. List of monarchs of the Sasanian Empire Sasanian family tree Sasanian architecture Zhou...

at Dura Europos, and Uruk. The Sasanian Empire also favored the iwan form, and adopted it into much of their architecture; however, they transformed the...

"Sasanian culture" is the culture of the Sasanian Empire and may refer to: Sasanian architecture Sasanian music This disambiguation page lists articles...

common, features of Iranian architecture. A circular city plan was a characteristic of several major Parthian and Sasanian cities, such as Hatra and Gor...

1,500 years, with the first instance apparently being developed in the Sasanian city of Gor (Firuzabad) in 210s AD by King Ardashir I. The biggest instance...

city was a direct reflection of the traditional Persian Sasanian urban design. The ancient Sasanian city of Gur/Firouzabad is nearly identical in its general...

feature, it was first used in eastern Christian architecture, Byzantine architecture and Sasanian architecture, but in the 12th century it came into use in...

Sasanian art, or Sassanid art, was produced under the Sasanian Empire which ruled from the 3rd to 7th centuries AD, before the Muslim conquest of Persia...

Medieval architecture Neo-Byzantine architecture Ottoman architecture Russian-Byzantine architecture Sasanian architecture Armenian architecture Dimitriu...

romanized: Eivâne Xosrow, meaning Iwan of Khosrow) are the remains of a Sasanian-era Persian monument, dated to c. the 3rd to 6th centuries, which is sometimes...

Kermanshah, Iran, carved around the 4th century CE during the Sasanian era. This example of Sasanian art is located 5 km from the city center of Kermanshah....

The Temple of Anahita or the Shrine of Anahita (Middle Persian: Ādur-Anāhīd) is one of the famous monuments of the ancient city of Bishapur, located in...

Bates, M. (1986). "ARAB-SASANIAN COINS". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. Vol. II/3: ʿArab Moḥammad–Architecture IV. London and New York:...

for the earliest uses of this form are found in Late Antique and Sasanian architecture, and it was then used in Spain by the Visigoths. But in the 19th...

Sasanian Armenia, also known as Persian Armenia and Persarmenia (Armenian: Պարսկահայաստան – Parskahayastan), may either refer to the periods in which Armenia...

the world. Dome structures were common in both Byzantine architecture and Sasanian architecture, which influenced that of the rest of Europe and Islam in...

of high importance to the Sasanians. Ardashir I (r. 224–242), who overthrew the Parthian Empire and established the Sasanian control over the country,...

The Minar was a staged, tower-like structure built in the center of the Sasanian circular city of Gōr (modern Firuzabad, Iran). Several theories have been...

attributes of Gothic, appears in Late Roman Byzantine architecture and the Sasanian architecture of Iran during late antiquity, although the form had been...

Umayyads adopted the construction techniques of Byzantine architecture and Sasanian architecture. The reuse of elements from classical Roman and Byzantine...

as thick as Ghal'eh Dokhtar), and is a contained structure. From the architectural design, it seems the palace was more of a place of social gathering...

The defense lines of the Sasanians were part of their military strategy and tactics. They were networks of fortifications, walls, and/or ditches built...

example of Byzantine architecture, and the first outbreak of the centuries-long first plague pandemic took place. At Ctesiphon, the Sasanians completed the Taq...

Ukhaidhir. The former Sassanid capital had been Ctesiphon in Iraq and Sasanian architecture was a heritage shared by both the Mesopotamian lowlands and the...

Mesopotamia located south of what is now Kufa in south-central Iraq. The Sasanian government established the Lakhmid state (Al-Hirah) on the edge of the...

style is a style (sabk) of historical Iranian architecture defined by Mohammad Karim Pirnia. This architectural style includes designs from the Seleucid (310–140...

and textual evidence are all available." The temple, constructed by the Sasanian kings, was located in the city of Shiz in Adurbadagan, now present-day...