Sheshpir Spring, Sepidan

🧭What kind of place is it?

The spring is on a mountain slope, and its water reaches the surface through cracks in the rock. Downstream the flow becomes the Sheshpir River, and Lake Barm-e Sheshpir lies on the course of this river.

🏛️What was it built for?

The spring is respected by local people and has been a place for vows and gatherings. In the Qajar era a channel also carried water from this spring towards Shiraz, and there is a stone inscription about it.

👀What you will see

• The place where the water comes out of the cracks in the mountain rock.
• The Sheshpir River, which forms below the source.

💡Something interesting

A local tale says six holy men went into a cave, and after its mouth closed, the spring burst out from under the mountain. It is a legend, not a natural explanation of how the spring formed.