Tschahar Taq
Tschahar Taq ( Persian چهارطاق/ čahār-ṭāq) is an old type of building in Persian architecture from the Sassanid period . This four-arch structure is mostly a square, domed core structure on free-standing corner pillars connected by an arch. Buildings of this type were used under the Sassanids as fire temples , that is, as a place of worship for the Zoroastrians . A number of such buildings from the 6th to 7th centuries are still preserved in Iran, including in Lorestan .
According to Rudolf Fischer, "[he] could have inspired the cross-domed complex in Armenian church architecture and from there fertilized the Christian architecture of the West."
Many Iranian places have this place name.
Some of these structures are now National Monuments of Iran .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rudolf Fischer, p. 42.
literature
- Rudolf Fischer: Iran: History and Cultural Monuments. A leader . 1992.
Web links
- Tschahar Taq . In: Ehsan Yarshater (Ed.): Encyclopædia Iranica (English, including references)
- Niasar Fire Temple (Chahar Tagh)
- chahar tāq
- The Development of the Fire Temple (Klaus Schippmann)
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| Tschahar Taq; Chahar taq; Tschahar Tak; Tschahar Tagh; Chahar Taq; Chahar Tagh; Čahārṭāq; Čahār ṭāq |