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Firouzabad (اردشيرخوره) is in Fars province, Iran.

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Ghal'eh Dokhtar (Persian: قلعه دختر), also known as The Maiden Castle, is a castle made by Ardashir I, in present day Fars, Iran, in 209 AD. It is located on a mountain slope near the Firouzabad-Shiraz road.The fortified palace contains many of the recurring features of Sasanian palace and civic architecture: long halls, arches, domes, recessed windows, and stairways.

Castle of Ardeshir e Babakan (in Persian: قلعه اردشير بابکان), also known as the Atash-kadeh ه, is a castle located on the slopes of the mountain on which Ghal'eh Dokhtar is situated on. Built in AD 224 by Ardashir I of the Sassanian Empire, it is located two kilometres (1.2 miles) north of the ancient city of Gor, i.e. the old city of Firouzabad in Fars. The palace was built next to a picturesque pond that was fed by a natural spring, perhaps in connection with the Persian goddess of water and growth, Anahita.

The fire temple tower among the remains of Gōr.

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