Parthian style

The "Parthian style" (شیوه معماری پارتی) is a style (sabk) of historical Iranian architecture.

This style of architecture includes designs from the Seleucid, Parthian, and Sassanid eras, reaching its apex of development by the Sassanid period.

Examples of this style are Ghal'eh Dokhtar, the royal compounds at Nysa, Anahita Temple, Khorheh, Hatra, the Ctesiphon vault of Kasra, Bishapur, and the Palace of Ardashir in Ardeshir Khwarreh (Firouzabad).

The Parthi style of architecture appeared after Alexander of Macedonia's conquest of the Persian Empire in the 3rd century BCE, and historically includes the Sassanid, Parthian, and post Islamic eras, up to the 9-10th centuries. The remains of the architectural style of this period are not abundant, and although much was borrowed and incorporated from Greek designs and methods, architects and builders of this age employed many innovative concepts of their own as well.

Gallery

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  1824 depiction of Ctesiphon (Tâgh-i Kasrâ) by British explorer.
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  Anahita Temple Archaeological complex in Kangavar.
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  The Sassanid Palace at Sarvestan
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  Takht-e Soleymān

Further reading

• Pīrniyā, Muammah Karīm (2005). Sabk Shināsī-i miʻmārī-i Īrānī (Study of styles in Iranian architecture). Tehran: Surush-i Dānish. ISBN 964-96113-2-0.
• Kawami, T.; Keall, E. J.; Huff, D.; et al. (1987). "Architecture". Encyclopedia Iranica. Vol. 2. New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 326–355. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |author= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

See also

• Iranian architecture
• Achaemenid architecture