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PMR-D2599 Iran, Takht-e Soleiman (Soloman's Throne): lying on an isolated plain at 2152 m. this was a centre of Zoroastrianism in the 3rd century AD which survives in a ruined state. Later additions were made by the Sassanids and Ilkhanids. The volcanic crater lake has a spring producing 90 litres of water per second, which flows out here. Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, religion, architecture, Zoroaster, Zarathustra, fire temple, water-channel, UNESCO

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Photographer: Peter Michael Rhodes
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Iran, Takht-e Soleiman (Soloman's Throne): lying on an isolated plain

at 2152 m. this was a centre of Zoroastrianism in the 3rd century AD which survives in a ruined state. Later additions were made by the Sassanids and Ilkhanids. The volcanic crater lake has a spring producing 90 litres of water per second, which flows out here.
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, religion, architecture, Zoroaster, Zarathustra, fire temple, water-channel, UNESCO