Minar

Minar


Firuzabad, Islamic Republic of Iran (IR)
The Minar - or Minaret - was a spiral tower built in the center of the Sassanian circular city of Gōr, now the modern Firuzabad. Gōr had a circular layout, and The Minar was at its center, is hollow, and constructed of granite and masonry. Archaeologists and those that study antiquities think that The Minar was part of a government building and symbolized the divine and centralist kingship.
The Minar - or Minaret - was a spiral tower built in the center of the Sassanian circular city of Gōr, now the modern Firuzabad. Gōr had a circular layout, and The Minar was at its center, is hollow, and constructed of granite and masonry. Archaeologists and those that study antiquities think that The Minar was part of a government building and symbolized the divine and centralist kingship.
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By: kkeps

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