Takht-e Soleymân is an outstanding archeological site with substantial Sasanian and Il-khanid ruins in Azarbaijan province, between Bijâr and Šâhin-dež, about 30 km north-northeast of Takâb, with about 2, 200 m altitude, surrounded by mountain chains of more than 3000 m altitude.
The place was obviously chosen for its natural peculiarity; an outcrop of limestone, about 60 m above the valley, built up by the sediments of the overflowing calcinating water of a thermal spring-lake (21° C) with about 80 m diameter and more than 60 m depth on the top of the hill (Damm)…
A view of the Takht-e Soleyman effervescent lake and the western Khosrow portico and the peak of the 3 km distant Zendan-e Soleyman “Prison of Solomon” hollow crater in west of Takht-e Soleyman site in the background.
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Takht-e Soleymân is an outstanding archeological site with substantial Sasanian and Il-khanid ruins in Azarbaijan province, between Bijâr and Šâhin-dež, about 30 km north-northeast of Takâb, with about 2, 200 m altitude, surrounded by mountain chains of more than 3000 m altitude.
The place was obviously chosen for its natural peculiarity; an outcrop of limestone, about 60 m above the valley, built up by the sediments of the overflowing calcinating water of a thermal spring-lake (21° C) with about 80 m diameter and more than 60 m depth on the top of the hill (Damm)…
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A view of the Takht-e Soleyman effervescent lake and the western Khosrow portico and the peak of the 3 km distant Zendan-e Soleyman “Prison of Solomon” hollow crater in west of Takht-e Soleyman site in the background.
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