Iran · 5th century
The Izad Khast Castle (Persian: دژ ایزدخواست, romanized: Dezh-e Izadkhast) is located in Izadkhast in Fars province, Iran. The castle was built during the Sasanian era (224 to 651 AD) and functioned as a fortified walled city on the ancient Silk Road that ran through central Iran. It is the second largest adobe building in the world after Arg-e Bam.
The castle was built on a high bedrock overlooking the Izadkhast valley. Inside the castle walls are many narrow alleyways and passages criss-crossing through centuries old tiny houses and buildings.
The castle and surrounding Izadkhast complex has been nominated to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on 9 August 2007, in the Cultural category.
Text adapted from “Izad-Khast Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Izadkhast Castle ranks #3,401 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #37 of the 172 mapped in Iran. Founded c. 438, it is older than 97% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 37 atlas entries founded in the 5th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,323 times in the last 60 days, more than 58% of the atlas. See how Iran compares in the castle statistics.
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