Takht-e Soleyman

West Azerbaijan Province, Iran

A UNESCO World Heritage Site combining a Sasanian Zoroastrian fire temple with an Ilkhanate summer palace, symbolizing the Mongol-Islamic synthesis of pre-Islamic and Islamic Persian traditions.

Historical Context

The site was originally one of the most important Zoroastrian fire temples in the Sasanian Empire. The Ilkhan Abaqa Khan built a summer palace here in the 13th century, incorporating the pre-Islamic sacred landscape into a new Islamic-Mongol courtly context.