Palace of Shāpūr I
palace, Ctesiphon, Iraq
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Sāsānian architecture
- In Iranian art and architecture: Sāsānian period
The Sāsānian palace at Ctesiphon was built (probably in the 4th century ce) of baked brick. The facades on either side of its famous vaulted iwan hall (82 feet [25 metres] wide and 121 feet [37 metres] high) have blind arcading with freely simplified classical detail.…
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