What is Istakhr?
{{Infobox ancient site |part_of= |dependency_of= |cultures= |epochs=[[Classical antiquity]] to [[Late Middle Ages]] |abandoned= |built=Very shortly after the decline of [[Persepolis]] (second half of the 4th century BC) |material= |builder= |height= |area= |width= |length= |type=Settlement |name=Istakhr |region=[[Fars Province]] |location= |coordinates={{coord|29|58|51|N|52|54|34|E|display=inline,title}} |map_size=270 |map_alt= |map_type=Iran |caption=[[Column]]s at Istakhr |alt=Photograph of three columns of different sizes at Istakhr |image=Estakhr Darafsh (43).JPG |alternate_name= |native_name=Stakhr ([[Middle Persian]])<br/>Estakhr {{in lang|fa}} |occupants= }} '''Istakhr''' ([[Middle Persian]]: ''Stakhr'', {{lang-fa|اصطخر}} ''Estakhr'') was an ancient city in [[Fars province]], {{convert|5|km|0|spell=on}} north of [[Persepolis]] in southwestern [[Iran]]. == Other websites == {{commons category|Estakhr}} * {{cite web|url=http://w3.uniroma1.it/archeologia/Docenti/Ricerche/scavi_esteri/FontanaM/ric1/ric1eng.htm|title=Estakhr late-sasanid and proto-islamic (Sapienza's Archaeological Mission di Roma in Iran)|website=Sapienza Università di Roma|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727132349/http://w3.uniroma1.it/archeologia/Docenti/Ricerche/scavi_esteri/FontanaM/ric1/ric1eng.htm |archive-date=2011-07-27 }} {{Fars Province}} [[Category:Achaemenid Empire]] [[Category:Cities in Fars Province]] [[Category:World Heritage Sites in Iran]]