Shapur Sasani Cave
Shapur Cave is located in the Zagros Mountains, in southern Iran. This cave is near Kazerun in the Chogan valley. The Shapur Cave is a major site in the field of Sasanian archaeology and it is one of the eight designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites of the Sassanid Archaeological Landscape of Fars Region.
- Cave
- Description: cave in Kazerun County, Iran
- Also known as“Shapur cave”“غار شاهپور اول ساسانی”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tang-e Chowgan-e Olya-ye Kashkuli and Tang-e Chowgan-e Vosta.
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Shapur Sasani Cave
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Latitude
29.80766° or 29° 48′ 28″ north
Longitude
51.6118° or 51° 36′ 43″ east
Open location code
7HXHRJ56+3P
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Shapur Sasani Cave” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كهف شابور”
- Bashkir: “Шапур (мәмерйә)”
- Bashkir: “Шапур”
- Bengali: “শাপুর গুহা”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كهف شابور”
- German: “Schapur-Höhle”
- Hebrew: “מערת שאפור”
- Italian: “grotta di Sapore I”
- Italian: “Grotta di Sapore I”
- Persian: “غار شاپور”
- Persian: “غار شاهپور”
- Russian: “Пещера Шапур”
- Russian: “Шапур”
- Spanish: “cueva de Sapor”
- Spanish: “Cueva de Shapur”
- Turkish: “Şâpûr Mağarası”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include بیمارستان شهید رضازاده and زمین فوتبال.
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