Kermanshah (Alt. 1322m) 525 Km far from Tehran:
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access: Provincial capital, Kurdestan Region. Altitude 1,630 meters. 200
km E of Khosravi (Iran/Iran border). 390 km to Baghdad on a good road. 590
km S-W of Tehran, via Hamadan (190 km) on a good road. 605 km South of
Tabriz on a good road and 80km of track, via Sanandaj. 750 km north of
Abadan on a very good road.
Like Hamadan, Kermanshahan is on the age-old Asia Mediterranean caravan route, and similarly was many times re-built. There is only one vestige, but it is a remarkable one, Taq-e Bostan , "The Garden Arch". It is a group of rock sculpture, several of them protected by a porch roof which forms a grotto. Rupestral motifs date back to the great Sassanid period (3rd century A.D. until Islam). The bas-relief below shows the investiture of Ardeshir II (379). |
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| The King receives from God Hormozd a ribbon-decked
ring, the symbol of royal power. To his right God Mithra holds a bunch of
sacred branches, a ritual instrument in use since the Median period.
Well worth visiting:
The bas-relics of darius victory (5th c.b.c) in bisutoon, 25 km from kermanshah ; the relics of tagh-e-bostan (4th c.a.d); the anahita temole. (the goddess of waters and prosperity); Moaven ol-Molk mosque Pole-e-kohne (old bridge), and the caravanserai of mahidasht and bazaar. |
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