Naqsh-e Rustam

Naqsh-e Rostam is an ancient archeological site and necropolis located about 13 km northwest of , in . A collection of ancient Iranian rock reliefs are cut into the face of the mountain and the mountain contains the final resting place of four Achaemenid kings, notably king Darius the Great and his son, Xerxes.
Wikipedia
Photo: Stefan Krasowski, CC BY 2.0.
  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: necropolis in Fars Province, Iranian national heritage site
  • Also known as: “Naghsh-e Rostam”, “Naghsh-e Rustam”, “Naghsh-i Rustam”, “Naqsh-e Rostam”, and “Naqsh-i Rustam”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Triumph of Shapur I. and Victory of Shapur II..

Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shapur I's victory relief at Naqsh-e Rostam is located 3 kilometers north of . It is one of eight Sasanian rock carvings cut into the cliff beneath the tombs of their Achaemenid predecessors.

Archaeological site
Photo: Alireza Javaheri, CC BY 3.0.
is an archaeological site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kenareh.

Village
is a village in, and the capital of, Rural District of the Central District of Marvdasht County, province, . is situated 9 km south of Naqsh-e Rustam.

Naqsh-e Rustam

Latitude
29.98875° or 29° 59′ 20″ north
Longitude
52.87486° or 52° 52′ 30″ east
Population
100
Elevation
1,634 metres (5,361 feet)
Open location code
7HXJXVQF+FW
Geo­Names ID
122681
Wiki­data ID
Q648705
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Naqsh-e Rustam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “صليب بارسي”
  • Arabic: “صليب فارسي”
  • Arabic: “صلیب الفارسی”
  • Arabic: “صلیب فارسي”
  • Arabic: “نقش رستم”
  • Armenian: “Նաղշե Ռոսթամ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Nəqşi-Rüstəm”
  • Basque: “Naqsh-e Rostam”
  • Belarusian: “Накш-і-Рустам”
  • Belarusian: “Накшэ-Рустам”
  • Bengali: “নাকশে রোস্তম”
  • Bulgarian: “Накш-е Ростам”
  • Catalan: “Naqsh-e Rostam”
  • Cebuano: “Naqsh-e Rostam”
  • Chinese: “納克什 魯斯塔姆”
  • Chinese: “納克什·羅斯塔姆”
  • Chinese: “納克什魯斯塔姆”
  • Chinese: “納克歇-洛斯塔姆”
  • Chinese: “納薩克 魯斯塔姆帝王石雕墓葬區”
  • Chinese: “纳克歇-洛斯塔姆”
  • Croatian: “Nakš-e Rustam”
  • Croatian: “Nakš-i Rustam”
  • Czech: “Nakš-e Rustam”
  • Czech: “Nakš-i Rustam”
  • Dutch: “Naqsh-e Rustam”
  • Dutch: “Naqsh-e-Rustam”
  • Esperanto: “Nakŝ-e Rustam”
  • French: “Naghsh-e Rostam”
  • French: “Naghsh–e Rostam”
  • French: “Naqsh-e Rostam”
  • French: “Nasqsh-e Rostam”
  • Galician: “Naqsh-e Rostam”
  • Georgian: “ნაქშ-ე როსტამი”
  • German: “Naqs-i Rustam”
  • German: “Naqs-i-Rustam”
  • German: “Naqsch-e Rostam”
  • German: “Naqsh-e Rostam”
  • Hebrew: “נקש-י רוסתם”
  • Hindi: “नक़्श-ए-रुस्तम”
  • Hungarian: “Naks-i-Rusztem”
  • Hungarian: “Nakse-rusztam”
  • Hungarian: “Naqsh-e Rustam”
  • Indonesian: “Naqsh-e Rostam”
  • Indonesian: “Naqsy-e Rostam”
  • Italian: “Naqsh i Rustam”
  • Italian: “Naqsh-e Rostam”
  • Italian: “Naqsh-e Rustam”
  • Italian: “Naqsh-i Rustam”
  • Italian: “Naqsh-i-Rustam”
  • Japanese: “ナクシェ・ロスタム”
  • Japanese: “ナグシェ・ロスタム”
  • Japanese: “ナクシュ・イ・ルスタム”
  • Kurdish: “Neqşê Rustem”
  • Macedonian: “Накш-е Рустам”
  • Malay: “Naqsh-e Rostam”
  • Malayalam: “നക്ഷ് ഇ റുസ്തം”
  • Malayalam: “നക്ഷ് ഇ റോസ്തം”
  • Malayalam: “റുസ്തമിന്റെ ചിത്രം”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Naqsh-e Rustam”
  • Norwegian: “Naqsh-e Rustam”
  • Persian: “نقش رستم”
  • Polish: “Naghsz-e Rostam”
  • Polish: “Naghsz-e Rustam”
  • Portuguese: “Naqsh-i Rustam”
  • Portuguese: “Naqsh-i-Rustam”
  • Russian: “Накше-Рустам”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Nakš-e Rostam”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Nakš-e Rustam”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Nāqš-e Rostām”
  • Sindhi: “نقش رستم”
  • Slovak: “Nakš-e Rostam”
  • Slovak: “Nakš-i Rustam”
  • Slovenian: “Nakš-e Rostam”
  • Spanish: “Naqs i Rustam”
  • Spanish: “Naqs-i Rustam”
  • Spanish: “Naqsh e Rostam”
  • Spanish: “Naqsh e Rustam”
  • Spanish: “Naqsh i Rustam”
  • Spanish: “Naqsh-e Rostam”
  • Spanish: “Naqsh-e Rustam”
  • Swedish: “Naqsh-e Rostam”
  • Tajik: “Nakşi Rustam”
  • Tajik: “Накши Рустам”
  • Tajik: “Нақши Рустам”
  • Tamil: “நக்ஸ்-இ ரோஸ்டம்”
  • Tatar: “Нәкъше-Рөстәм”
  • Turkish: “Nakş-ı Rustem”
  • Turkish: “Nakş-ı Rüstem”
  • Turkish: “Nakşı Rustem”
  • Turkish: “Nakşı Rüstem”
  • Ukrainian: “Накш-і-Рустам”
  • Urdu: “نقش رستم”
  • Uzbek: “Naqshi Rustam”
  • Vietnamese: “Naqsh-e Rustam”
  • Western Panjabi: “نقش رستم”

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