Atashgah Castle
{{short description|Castle in Kashmar, Iran}}
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| native_name = قلعه آتشگاه
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| status = Ruined
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| building_type = Castle
| architectural_style = Sasanian
| structural_system = Defensive
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| location_town = Kashmar
| location_country = Iran
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Atashgah Castle ({{langx|fa|قلعه آتشگاه}}) is a famous Sasanian era castle in the city of Kashmar.{{cite web|url=https://www.itto.org/iran/attraction/1270-Atashgah-Castle/|title=Atashgah castle|work=www.itto.org|access-date=31 July 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://irania.ir/ie/4781|title=Irania Encyclopedia (Persian)|publisher=Irania Encyclopedia|access-date=2019-06-06|archive-date=2019-06-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607003131/http://irania.ir/ie/4781|url-status=dead}}
Location
This fort is one of the most prominent and superior ancient forts of Iran in terms of inaccessibility and resistance against invaders and easily competes with the fortifications of Babak Fort in Kaleybar and Alamut Castle in Alamut. This shows that the builders of the castle have carried out extensive field studies to locate it. In total, Atashgah Castle is built on a high rocky cliff and difficult to cross, three sides of which are high and dangerous precipices. Around this cliff, shortly after the precipices, the walls of other high cliffs have re-enclosed it in the form of impenetrable and inaccessible fortifications.{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=لانهموری و قلعه آتشگاه کاشمر|url=http://ghiasabadi.com/atashkuh-castle-kashmar.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327020221/http://ghiasabadi.com:80/atashkuh-castle-kashmar.html |archive-date=2012-03-27 |access-date=4 February 2021|work=ghiasabadi.com|publisher=}}
See also
References
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{{Razavi Khorasan Province}}
{{Castles in Iran}}
{{Sasanian castles}}
{{Ismaili castles}}
Category:Buildings and structures in Razavi Khorasan province
Category:Buildings and structures in Kashmar
Category:Ruined castles in Iran
Category:Tourist attractions in Razavi Khorasan province
Category:Castles of the Nizari Ismaili state
Category:Sasanian architecture
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