Naqsh-e Rostam

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.
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Photo: Stefan Krasowski, CC BY 2.0.
  • Type: Protected area
  • Description: necropolis in Fars Province, Iranian national heritage site
  • Also known as: “Naghsh-e Rostam”, “Naghsh-e Rustam”, “Naghsh-i Rustam”, “Naghsh–e Rostam”, “Naghsz-e Rustam”, “Naks-i-Rusztem”, “Nakş-ı Rustem”, “Nakse-rusztam”, “Nakşı Rustem”, “Nakşı Rüstem”, “Naqs i Rustam”, “Nāqš-e Rostām”, “Naqs-i Rustam”, “Naqs-i-Rustam”, “Naqsh e Rostam”, “Naqsh e Rustam”, “Naqsh i Rustam”, “Naqsh-e Rustam”, “Naqsh-e-Rustam”, “Naqshe-Rostam”, “Nasqsh-e Rostam”, “صليب بارسي”, “صليب فارسي”, “صلیب الفارسی”, “صلیب فارسي”, “നക്ഷ് ഇ റോസ്തം”, “റുസ്തമിന്റെ ചിത്രം”, “ナクシュ・イ・ルスタム”, “納克什·羅斯塔姆”, and “納薩克 魯斯塔姆帝王石雕墓葬區”

Places of Interest Nearby

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

Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
Photo: Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an archaeological site.

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 , province, . is situated 9 km south of Naqsh-e Rostam.

Naqsh-e Rostam

Latitude
29.98856° or 29° 59′ 19″ north
Longitude
52.87448° or 52° 52′ 28″ east
Open location code
7HXJXVQF+CQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 235636111
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q648705
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Naqsh-e Rostam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نقش رستم”
  • Armenian: “Նաղշե Ռոսթամ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Nəqşi-Rüstəm”
  • Basque: “Naqsh-e Rostam”
  • 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: “納克什魯斯塔姆”
  • Chinese: “納克歇-洛斯塔姆”
  • Chinese: “纳克歇-洛斯塔姆”
  • Croatian: “Nakš-e Rustam”
  • Czech: “Nakš-e Rustam”
  • Dutch: “Naqsh-e Rustam”
  • Esperanto: “Nakŝ-e Rustam”
  • French: “Naqsh-e Rostam”
  • Galician: “Naqsh-e Rostam”
  • Georgian: “ნაქშ-ე როსტამი”
  • German: “Naqsch-e Rostam”
  • Hebrew: “נקש-י רוסתם”
  • Hindi: “नक़्श-ए-रुस्तम”
  • Hindi: “नक्श-ए-रोस्तम”
  • Hungarian: “Naqsh-e Rustam”
  • Indonesian: “Naqsh-e Rostam”
  • Indonesian: “Naqsy-e Rostam”
  • Italian: “Naqsh-e Rostam”
  • Japanese: “ナクシェ・ロスタム”
  • Japanese: “ナグシェ・ロスタム”
  • Kurdish: “Neqşê Rustem”
  • Macedonian: “Накш-е Рустам”
  • Malay: “Naqsh-e Rostam”
  • Malayalam: “നക്ഷ് ഇ റുസ്തം”
  • Maltese: “Naqsh-e Rustam”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Naqsh-e Rustam”
  • Norwegian: “Naqsh-e Rustam”
  • Persian: “نقش رستم”
  • Polish: “Naghsz-e Rostam”
  • Portuguese: “Naqsh-i Rustam”
  • Portuguese: “Naqsh-i-Rustam”
  • Russian: “Накше-Рустам”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Nakš-e Rustam”
  • Sindhi: “نقش رستم”
  • Slovak: “Nakš-e Rostam”
  • Slovak: “Nakš-i Rustam”
  • Slovenian: “Nakš-e Rostam”
  • Spanish: “Naqsh-e Rostam”
  • Swedish: “Naqsh-e Rostam”
  • Tajik: “Nakşi Rustam”
  • Tajik: “Нақши Рустам”
  • Tamil: “நக்ஸ்-இ ரோஸ்டம்”
  • Tatar: “Нәкъше-Рөстәм”
  • Turkish: “Nakş-ı Rüstem”
  • Ukrainian: “Накш-і-Рустам”
  • Urdu: “نقش رستم”
  • Uzbek: “Naqshi Rustam”
  • Vietnamese: “Naqsh-e Rustam”
  • Western Panjabi: “نقش رستم”

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