Sacred Places
7 places found
ZoroastrianismAdrian Temple
Tehran · Iran · shrine
Tehran's only active Zoroastrian fire Temple, the Adrian Temple has sheltered a continuously tended flame since its consecration in 1917, a lineage of fire traced to at least 470 CE.
ZoroastrianismAspakhu Fire Temple
Aspakhu · Iran · shrine
A Sasanian-era Zoroastrian fire Temple crowning a hilltop above the village of Aspakhu in Iran's North Khorasan province, its stone dome and vaulted eastern portal counted among the oldest standing structures in the region.
ZoroastrianismBandian Complex
Dargaz · Iran · shrine
A Sassanid-era Zoroastrian fire sanctuary excavated near the medieval town of Abiward in Dargaz County, Razavi Khorasan, its stucco-decorated hall carrying some of the most vivid surviving relief carvings of pre-Islamic Iran.
ZoroastrianismKerman Fire Temple
Kerman · Iran · shrine
The Kerman Fire Temple shelters a sacred flame said to descend from Adur Farnbag, one of the three great fires of Sasanian Iran, within a sanctuary that also houses the world's only anthropology museum dedicated to the Zoroastrian people.
ZoroastrianismMarbin Fortress
· Iran · shrine
Perched atop a hill eight kilometres west of Isfahan, the Ātashgāh is a Sasanian-era sacred complex whose ruins preserve the remnants of Zoroastrian fire-shrines, priestly quarters, and a sentinel tower that once kept watch over the plain below.
ZoroastrianismTappeh Mill
· Iran · shrine
An ancient Zoroastrian atashkade (fire Temple) crowning a broad hilltop in Rey, Iran, this Sasanian-era sanctuary bears the name of King Bahram V and endures as a protected national heritage site.
ZoroastrianismYazd Fire Temple
· Iran · shrine
The Yazd Atash Behram (Ātaškade-ye Yazd) is Iran's sole surviving highest-grade Zoroastrian fire Temple, sheltering a sacred flame whose continuous burning dates to around 470 AD, a living ember of the ancient faith in the desert heartland of Yazd.