Narin Ghala _ Zahhak Castle | نارین قالا _ قلعه ضحاک

️Narin Ghala _ Zahhak Castle The remnants Zahhak Castle (Narin Ghala) near Hashtrud in East Azerbaijan is in east of the Khorassanak station on the railway line running between Tehran and Tabriz. This castle dates back to some centuries BC, but during the Esmaili reign was repaired and utilized. Zahhak Castle was most probably a watch-post of the times before being used for residential purposes. The important part of castle which is preserved very well, is 4 arches hall (Chahar Taghi) which is represent of four elements in Zoroastrianism, this hall has a 11X11m square-shaped hall, walls 2. 5m thick, and 4 entrances to 4 corridors built with bricks, which was decorated with beautiful plasterworks of human which unfortunately now you cannot see many plasterworks in it, except beautiful bricks work, vegetation and geometrical #designs. During this time, #Zoroastrianism was the religion of the ruling kings, who likely used this part of the castle for a fire temple. And according to archeologist it is one of few #Mithraism sites found in Iran (one out of 3 or 4 places found so far). www.topraq.ir #Topraq #Cultural_tourism #culture #culturaltourism #tabriz #Azerbaycan #identity #history #art #narin_ghala #توریزم_فرهنگی #گردشگری_فرهنگی #توپراق #گردشگری #تبریز #آذربایجان #تاریخ #هنر #قلعه_ضحاک