Atashgah Castle

Atashgah Castle (Persian: قلعه آتشگاه) is a famous Sasanian era castle in the city of Kashmar, Iran.

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.

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Atashgah Castle ranks #2,505 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #30 of the 169 mapped in Iran. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,327 times in the last 60 days, more than 56% of the atlas. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Iran compares in the castle statistics.

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