Bisotun
City in Kermanshah province, Iran
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Bisotun (Persian: بيستون)[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Bisotun District of Harsin County, Kermanshah province, Iran.[4] It also serves as the administrative center for Chamchamal Rural District.[5]
Demographics
Overview
The town is at the foot of Bisotun Mountain, the flank of which is the location of an important historical site. The imperial road from Ekbatana to Babylon passed at the foot of the mountain. On the rocky slopes king Darius I left the Behistun Inscription. From the Seleucid epoch there is a Herakles statue. Next to it Parthian kings added some reliefs. Late Sasanian rulers prepared a large piece of rock for another victory relief which was never finished because of the subsequent Arab invasion.[citation needed] Later folklore connected this place to the legend of Farhad and Shirin.
A Safavid caravanserai is preserved in Bisotun.
Gallery
Bistoon, Kermanshah, Iran
Bistoon, Kermanshah, Iran
Bistoon, Kermanshah, Iran
Bistoon Spring, Kermanshah, Iran
Bistoon, Kermanshah, Iran
Hercules Statue, Bistoon, Kermanshah
Bistoon, Kermanshah, Iran
Bistoon Inscription, Kermanshah, Iran
Bistoon, Kermanshah, Iran
Bistoon, Kermanshah, Iran
See also
Media related to Bisotun at Wikimedia Commons
