Gundeshapur
Gundeshapur was the intellectual centre of the Sasanian Empire founded by the Sasanian emperor Shapur I. Gundeshapur was home to a teaching hospital and had a library and an ancient higher-learning institution, the Academy of Gondishapur.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jandi Shapur and Siah Mansour.
Jandi Shapur
Town
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Jandi Shapur is a city in Choghamish District of Dezful County, Khuzestan province, Iran. Jandi Shapur is situated 2½ km north of Gundeshapur.
Siah Mansour
Town
Siah Mansur is a city in the Central District of Dezful County, Khuzestan province, Iran. Siah Mansour is situated 6 km north of Gundeshapur.
Choghamish
Town
Choghamish is a city in, and the capital of, Choghamish District of Dezful County, Khuzestan province, Iran. It also serves as the administrative center for Choghamish Rural District. Choghamish is situated 9 km south of Gundeshapur.
Gundeshapur
- Type: Destroyed locality
- Description: Sassanid city in Dezful County, Iranian national heritage site
- Categories: ancient city, archaeological site, and cultural property
- Location: Khuzestan, Iran, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Gundeshapur” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جنديسابور”
- Armenian: “Գոնդիշապուր”
- Asturian: “Gundeshapur”
- Azerbaijani: “Cündişapur”
- Bosnian: “Gondi Šapur”
- Bulgarian: “Гондишапур”
- Catalan: “Gondēšāpūr”
- Catalan: “Gundeshapur”
- Catalan: “Gundixapur”
- Chinese: “貢德沙布爾”
- Chinese: “貢德沙普爾”
- Chinese: “貢迪沙布林”
- Chinese: “貢迪沙布爾”
- Czech: “Gundišápúr”
- Dutch: “Gondesjapoer”
- Esperanto: “Gundiŝapur”
- French: “Beth Lapat”
- French: “Gundishapur”
- French: “Wêh Andiokh Shahphur”
- German: “Gundischapur”
- Greek: “Γκουντεσαπούρ”
- Indonesian: “Gondi Shapur”
- Indonesian: “Gondishapur”
- Italian: “Jundishapur”
- Japanese: “ジュンディーシャープール”
- Kazakh: “Джундишапур”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gundishapur”
- Norwegian: “Gundishapur”
- Persian: “جندی شاپور”
- Persian: “خرابههای ساسانی (جندی شاپور)”
- Persian: “گندیشاپور”
- Polish: “Dżundiszapur”
- Portuguese: “Bendosabora”
- Portuguese: “Gundeshapur”
- Romanian: “Gundeshapur”
- Russian: “Гондишапур”
- Serbian: “Гондишапур”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Gundešapur”
- Slovenian: “Gundešapur”
- Slovenian: “Gundišapur”
- South Azerbaijani: “جندیشاپور (تاریخی شهر)”
- South Azerbaijani: “جندیشاپور”
- Spanish: “Gundeshapur”
- Tajik: “Гундишопур”
- Turkish: “Cündişapur”
- Ukrainian: “Гондішапур”
- Urdu: “گندی شاپور”
- Uzbek: “Gundishopur”
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