Pillar of Gor
The Minar was a staged, tower-like structure built in the center of the Sasanian circular city of Gōr. Several theories have been proposed for its purpose. Only the core of the structure remains today.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: akhodadadi, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Tower
- Description: tower-like structure in Gor (modern Firuzabad, Iran)
- Also known as: “Fire temple of Firuzabad”, “Menar”, “Menar of Firuzabad”, “Minar”, “Minar of Firuzabad”, “Minar of Gor”, “Minar of Gur”, “Minaret of Gor”, “Minaret of Gur”, “Pillar of Gur”, “Terbal”, and “Tirbal”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gor Ancient City.
Gor Ancient City
Archaeological site
Photo: Aminmalekzadeh77, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gor Ancient City is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Khevid-e Mobaraki and Ahmadabad.
Khevid-e Mobaraki
Village
Khevid-e Mobaraki is a village in Ahmadabad Rural District, in the Central District of Firuzabad County, Fars province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 570, in 124 families.
Ahmadabad
Village
Ahmadabad is a village in, and the capital of, Ahmadabad Rural District of the Central District of Firuzabad County, Fars province, Iran.
Key Zarrin
Village
Key Zarrin is a village in Ahmadabad Rural District, in the Central District of Firuzabad County, Fars province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 362, in 74 families. Key Zarrin is situated 3½ km north of Pillar of Gor.
Pillar of Gor
- Categories: watchtower, water tower, temple of Anahita, archaeological site, cultural property, building, ruins, and historic site
- Location: Fars, Central Iran, Iran, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
28.85286° or 28° 51′ 10″ northLongitude
52.53242° or 52° 31′ 57″ eastOpen location code
7HWJVG3J+4XOpenStreetMap ID
way 1370292258OpenStreetMap feature
building=towerOpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerWikidata ID
Q29876740
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Persian—“Pillar of Gor” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مئذنة جور”
- German: “Minar (Iran)”
- German: “Minar von Gor”
- German: “Minar”
- Italian: “Minar”
- Italian: “Minareto di Gor”
- Italian: “Terbal”
- Persian: “آتشکده ساسانی (فیروزآباد) منار”
- Persian: “ایران کرده”
- Persian: “ایران گرده”
- Persian: “تربال”
- Persian: “تربالی”
- Persian: “طربال”
- Persian: “کیرمان”
- Persian: “گنبد کیرمان”
- Persian: “گنبد گیرمان”
- Persian: “گیرمان”
- Persian: “منار شهر گور”
- Persian: “منار فیروزآباد”
- Persian: “مناره شهر گور”
- Persian: “مناره فیروزآباد”
- Persian: “مناره گور”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Takht-e Neshin and Imamzadeh of Shah Haidar.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pillar of Gor”. Photo: akhodadadi, CC BY 3.0.