Ka’ba-ye Zartosht

Kaaba-ye Zartosht, also called the Kaaba or Cube of Zarathustra, is a rectangular stepped stone structure in the Naqsh-e Rustam compound beside village in county in , Iran.
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  • Type: Building
  • Description: stepped structure in the Naqsh-e Rustam compound in Fars, Iran
  • Also known as: “Bon-Khanak”, “Cube of Zarathustra”, “Cube of Zartosht”, “Cube of Zoroaster”, “Kaaba of Zartosht”, and “Kaaba-ye Zartosht”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Naqsh-e Rostam and Triumph of Shapur I..

Protected area
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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.

Archaeological site
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Shapur I's victory relief at 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
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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 Ka’ba-ye Zartosht.

Ka’ba-ye Zartosht

Latitude
29.98849° or 29° 59′ 19″ north
Longitude
52.87403° or 52° 52′ 27″ east
Open location code
7HXJXVQF+9J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 235636110
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q2363092
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Ka’ba-ye Zartosht” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كعبة زرادشت”
  • Basque: “Ka’ba-i-Zartosht”
  • Chinese: “Ka’ba-ye Zartosht塔形建築”
  • Chinese: “卡巴-也 扎妥敘”
  • Chinese: “祆教天房”
  • Czech: “Ka‘ba-je Zardošt”
  • Czech: “Ka’ba-je Zardošt”
  • Czech: “Ka‘be-je Zartošt”
  • Dutch: “Ka’ba-ye Zartosht”
  • French: “Ka’ba-ye Zartosht”
  • German: “Kaʿbe-ye Zartuscht”
  • Hebrew: “כעבה-י זרתושת”
  • Indonesian: “Ka’ba-ye Zartosht”
  • Indonesian: “Ka’ba-ye Zartosyt”
  • Italian: “Ka’ba-ye Zartosht”
  • Japanese: “カアバイェ・ザルトシュト”
  • Japanese: “ゾロアスターのカアバ”
  • Persian: “بن خانک”
  • Persian: “بن خانه”
  • Persian: “کعبه زرتشت”
  • Persian: “کعبه زردشت”
  • Portuguese: “Cubo de Zaratustra”
  • Russian: “Кааба Зороастра”
  • Slovak: “Ka‘ba-je Zardošt”
  • Slovak: “Kaʼba-je Zardošt”
  • Slovenian: “Zaratustrova kaaba”
  • Spanish: “Ka’ba i Zartosht”
  • Spanish: “Ka’ba i-Zartosht”
  • Spanish: “Ka’ba-i-Zartosht”
  • Tajik: “Каъбаи Зардушт”
  • Tatar: “Зәрдөшт Кәгъбәсе”
  • Turkish: “Kâ’be-i Zerdüşt”
  • Turkish: “Kâbe-i Zerdüşt”
  • Ukrainian: “Кааба Зороастра”
  • Urdu: “کعبہ زرتشت”
  • Uzbek: “Zardushtiylar Ka’basi”

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