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The "'''Parsian style'''" (شیوه معماری پارسی) is a style (''sabk'') of architecture when categorizing the history of [[Iranian architecture]] development.
The "'''Parsian style'''" (شیوه معماری پارسی) is a style (''sabk'') of architecture when categorizing the history of [[Iranian architecture]] development.

This style of architecture flourished from the 8th century BCE (The Median Empire), through the Achaemenid dynasty, to the arrival of Alexander of Macedonia in the 3rd century BCE.<ref>Fallāḥʹfar, Saʻīd (سعید فلاح‌فر). ''The Dictionary of Iranian Traditional Architectural Terms (Farhang-i vāzhahʹhā-yi miʻmārī-i sunnatī-i Īrān فرهنگ واژه‌های معماری سنتی ایران)''. Kamyab Publications (انتشارات کامیاب). Kāvushʹpardāz. 2000, 2010. Tehran. ISBN 9789642665600 US Library of Congress LCCN Permalink: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010342544 pp.44</ref>


The oldest remains of architectural elements in the Iranian plateau is the [[Teppe Zagheh]], near [[Qazvin]]. [[Elam]]ite and proto-elamite buildings are also covered within this category.
The oldest remains of architectural elements in the Iranian plateau is the [[Teppe Zagheh]], near [[Qazvin]]. [[Elam]]ite and proto-elamite buildings are also covered within this category.
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Other extant examples of this style are [[Chogha zanbil]], [[Sialk]], [[Shahr-i Sokhta]], and [[Ecbatana]].
Other extant examples of this style are [[Chogha zanbil]], [[Sialk]], [[Shahr-i Sokhta]], and [[Ecbatana]].


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The works of the Achaemenid era are also included in this style of architecture.


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The "Parsian style" (شیوه معماری پارسی) is a style (sabk) of architecture when categorizing the history of Iranian architecture development.

This style of architecture flourished from the 8th century BCE (The Median Empire), through the Achaemenid dynasty, to the arrival of Alexander of Macedonia in the 3rd century BCE.[1]

The oldest remains of architectural elements in the Iranian plateau is the Teppe Zagheh, near Qazvin. Elamite and proto-elamite buildings are also covered within this category.

Other extant examples of this style are Chogha zanbil, Sialk, Shahr-i Sokhta, and Ecbatana.

References

  • Sabk Shenasi Mi'mari Irani (Study of styles in Iranian architecture), M. Karim Pirnia. 2005. ISBN 964-96113-2-0

See also

  1. ^ Fallāḥʹfar, Saʻīd (سعید فلاح‌فر). The Dictionary of Iranian Traditional Architectural Terms (Farhang-i vāzhahʹhā-yi miʻmārī-i sunnatī-i Īrān فرهنگ واژه‌های معماری سنتی ایران). Kamyab Publications (انتشارات کامیاب). Kāvushʹpardāz. 2000, 2010. Tehran. ISBN 9789642665600 US Library of Congress LCCN Permalink: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010342544 pp.44