Palace of Shapur I

Palace of Shapur I

ca. 250 BCE

October 27, 2014

1935

Single Built Works

Iraq (nation)

Al Madain (deserted settlement)

Sassanian

palaces

arches

Shāpūr I--King of Iran--272

Detail view of an arch of the throne hall at the Palace of Shapur I in Ctesiphon, Iraq. "The central feature of Shapur's palace was the monumental iwan, or brick audience hall, covered by a vault that came almost to a point more than 100 feet above the ground. The facade to the left and right of the iwan was divided into a series of horizontal bands made up of blind arcades, a series of arches without actual openings, applied as wall decoration,"--Gardner's Art through the Ages: The Western Perspective, Volume 1, by Fred Kleiner.

brick (clay product)

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