Ancient City of Seymareh, Darreh Shahr

🕰️When was it built?

The city was lived in from the late Sasanian era to the early Islamic centuries. It was probably destroyed in the earthquake of 334 AH (945), but the details of when it was abandoned are not certain. The site was added to the National Heritage List on 16 September 1931.

🏛️What was it built for?

The site was a city, not a single building. Houses, a landlord's mansion and a mosque are among the excavated parts, and Seymareh was probably the centre of the province of Mehregan Kadak, though this link is not yet certain.

👀What you will see

• The remains of the landlord's mansion, one of the parts studied in the excavations of the city.
• The excavated part of the mosque, which shows the site was also used in the Islamic era.
• The remains of spaces beside the flood barrier, among the identified parts of the city.
• Houses on the edge of the city, studied in several seasons of excavation along with the central buildings.

💡Something interesting

Stucco work found in the excavations at Seymareh tells of how the city's buildings were decorated. So its buildings were not just plain walls, although much of them survives today only as ruins.

🎒Good to know before you go

• Seymareh is the site of an ancient city; wear proper walking shoes to see its different parts.