Izadkhast Castle

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.

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Izadkhast Castleは、アトラスの城の知名度ランキングで世界2,715位（全3,734件中）、イランの39件では36位にランクされています。約438年に創建され、アトラスの年代判明済みの城の99%より古い城です（5世紀に創建されたアトラス収録の7件のひとつ）。イランが他とどう比べられるかは、城の統計をご覧ください。

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