Bisotun District

Worth seeing in and around Bisotun District

9 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Behistun inscription

   The Behistun inscription is a multilingual Achaemenid royal inscription and large rock relief on a cliff at Mount Behistun in the Kermanshah Province of Iran, near the city of Kermanshah in western Iran, established by Darius the Great. It was important to the decipherment of cuneiform, as it is the longest known trilingual cuneiform inscription, written in Old Persian, Elamite, and Babylonian.

   3 km · inscription in Bisotun, Iranian national heritage site and World heritage site · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Bisotun Cave

   Bisitun Cave is an archaeological site of prehistoric human habitation in the Zagros Mountains in the Kermanshah province, north-west Iran. Bisitun Cave is one of five caves situated at the base of The Rock of Bisitun, a 1,300 m high cliff within the Chamchamal Plain.

   2.9 km · cave in Bisotun, Iranian national heritage site · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Heracles statue

   The Statue of Hercules in Behistun is located on Mount Behistun, Iran. It was discovered in 1958, and is the only extant rock sculpture from the period of Seleucid control over the Iranian Plateau, that lasted from c. 312 BC to c. 140/139 BC. The statue was sculpted in 148 BC, and dedicated in the name of "Herakles Kallinikos" by a Seleucid governor.

   2.9 km · statue in Behistun, Iranian national heritage site · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Bisotun Old Caravanserai

   Behistun palace is a ruined Sassanid palace located in Bisotun, 20 kilometres from Kermanshah, Iran. It faces the cliff with the much older Behistun inscription and rock relief, across the ancient road running between Behistun mountain and Behistun lake.

   3.4 km · caravanserai in Bisotun, Iranian national heritage site · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Shah Abbasi Caravanserai of Bisotun

   The Shah Abbasi Caravansarai is a historic caravanserai located in Bisotun, Kermanshah province, Iran. This caravanserai was listed as an Iranian national heritage site on 4 August 1974.

   3.6 km · caravanserai in Bisotun, Iranian national heritage site · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Farhad Tarash

   The Farhād Tarāsh, or Tarāsh-e Farhād, is a long smoothed rock surface on Mount Behistun in western Iran. Located near the famous Behistun Inscription, its height is around 30 meters and its width is around 200 meters.

   3.3 km · unfinished relief in Bisotun, Iranian national heritage site · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Bisotun Spring

   Headwater of Bisotun is a historical Headwater which located in the Ancient site of Bisotun city in Kermanshah Province of Iran. this Headwater listed in Iranian national heritages list on March 16, 2002.

   3 km · spring in Bisotun, Iranian national heritage site · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Median Fortress

   Temple of the Medes is a temple constructed by Medes located in UNESCO World Heritage Site the ancient site of Bisotun city in Kermanshah province, Iran. this temple discovered by German Archeologists during 1963 till 1967.

   3 km · fortress in Bisotun, Iranian national heritage site · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Vologases relief

   The Parthian Stone is a relief located in the ancient site of Bisotun in Kermanshah Province, Iran, a UNESCO world heritage site. It shows a Parthian king with a bowl in his left hand.

   2.7 km · relief in Bisotun, Iranian national heritage site · Wikipedia

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