Tappe Mil
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Tappe Mil ({{langx|fa|تپه میل}} or the Fire Temple of Rey {{langx|fa|آتشکده ری}}, Fire Temple of Bahram {{langx|fa|آتشکده بهرام}}) is one of the historical religious places in Rey, Iran which has stood since the Sasanian Empire. It is named after Bahram V.[http://www.iraninstitute.com/1386/860305/html/shahri.htm#s700686 Irna website]
Geographical location
About 12 kilometers southeast of Ray city towards Varamin, on the top of a wide hill in the city of Ghalenou, there are the remains of a palace or fire temple, which is known as tappe mil "pillar Hill", and it is built on two big foundations, which looks like Mil from a distance. Mil (Persian: میل) is a word in Persian language, which in architecture refers to a special narrow and tall building that was common in the past.{{Cite web |title=The website belonging to the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts of Iran |url=https://www.visitiran.ir/en/attraction/mill-tape-rey |website=Visit Iran |language=En}}
Architecture
The direction of the building is east and west, and there was a iwan "porch" (Persian: ایوان) with four circular columns on the east front. A part of the fire temple was destroyed during Alexander's attack on Iran, and only a part of the chahartaq "four-arched" and beautiful structure of this fire temple remained in the form of two pillars.{{Cite web |title=Iran tourism attractions information website |url=https://iraninform.com/%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C/2423 |language=fa}}
Excavations and renovation
For the first time in 1913, the French "Jacques de Morgan" restored this fire temple and the surrounding structures. This building was explored and excavated in 1933 by an American archaeologist named Eric Schmidt, and recently Firouzeh Shibani from Iran followed up its excavation work.{{Cite news |date=March 11, 2007 |title="تپه میل" قدیمی ترین آتشکده دوران ساسانی در"ری" |language=fa |work=IRNA, Islamic Republic News Agency |url=https://www.irna.ir/news/7703189/%D8%AA%D9%BE%D9%87-%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84-%D9%82%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%A2%D8%AA%D8%B4%DA%A9%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%87-%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://fa.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%D8%AA%D9%BE%D9%87_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84&oldid=5432418 Photoes in Persian Wikipedia]
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Category:Sasanian architecture
Category:Buildings and structures in Tehran
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