Atashgah castle

Atashghah castle (Persian: قلعه آتشگاه‎) is a castle in the city of Kashmar, and is one of the attractions of Kashmar. This castle was built by the Sasanian government and it was famous in ancient times.[1][2]

Atashghah castle
قلعه آتشگاه
Atashgah castle is one of the castles of Laneh Muri in Iran
Location within Iran
Alternative namesabaspor، lone mori
General information
StatusRuined
TypeCastle
Architectural styleIranian
AddressKhorasan Razavi، Kashmar، Sar Howzak
Town or cityKashmar
CountryIran
Coordinates35°18′59″N 58°23′10″E
Technical details
Structural systemDefensive

Fire Temple of Kashmar
Main article: Fire Temple of Kashmar

According to the Paikuli inscription, during the Sasanian Empire, Kashmar was part of Greater Khorasan, and the Sasanians worked hard to revive the ancient religion. It still remains a few kilometers above the ancient city of Kashmar in the castle complex of Atashgah.[3]

Kashmar Fire Temple was the first Zoroastrian fire temple built by Vishtaspa at the request of Zoroaster in Kashmar. In a part of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, the story of finding Zarathustra and accepting Vishtaspa's religion is regulated that after accepting Zoroastrian religion, Vishtaspa sends priests all over the universe And Azar enters the fire temples (domes) and the first of them is Adur Burzen-Mihr who founded in Kashmar and planted a cypress tree in front of the fire temple and made it a symbol of accepting the Bahi religion And he sent priests all over the world, and commanded all the famous men and women to come to that place of worship.[4]

See also

Sources
  1. "Atashgah castle". www.itto.org. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  2. "Irania Encyclopedia (Persian)". Irania Encyclopedia.
  3. "ترشیز؛ دروازه ورود اسلام به خراسان". khorasan.iqna.ir. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  4. کزازی، نامه باستان؛ ویرایش و گزارش شاهنامه فردوسی، ۶: ۴٧-۴۸.
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