Parsi style (Iranian architecture)

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

Examples of this style are Pasargad, Persepolis, Mausoleum of Maussollos, Palace of Susa, and Naqsh-e Rustam.

Naqsh-e Rustam, from 1000BCE.

Winged sphinx from the walls of the Palace of Susa.

Pasargad audience hall.

Ka'ba-i Zartosht temple.

[edit] References

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

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