Bishapur

Summary

Bishapur is a historic city^[1]. Bishapur draws 94 Wikipedia views per month (historic_city category, ranking #3 of 8).^[2]

Key Facts

• Bishapur is credited with the discovery of Roman Ghirshman^[3].
• Bishapur is located in Kazerun County^[4].
• Bishapur is in the country of Iran^[5].
• Bishapur's image is recorded as Anahita Temple of Bishapur (Kazerun) 1.jpg^[6].
• Bishapur's instance of is recorded as historic city^[7].
• Bishapur's instance of is recorded as archaeological site^[8].
• Bishapur's instance of is recorded as cultural property^[9].
• Shapur I is named after Bishapur^[10].
• Bishapur's architectural style is recorded as Sasanian architecture^[11].
• Bishapur's GND ID is recorded as 4006947-3^[12].
• Bishapur's part of is recorded as Sassanid Archaeological Landscape of Fars Region^[13].
• Bishapur's Commons category is recorded as Bishapur^[14].
• +0226-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Bishapur^[15].
• Bishapur's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 29.777778, 'lon': 51.570833}^[16].
• Bishapur's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05r_tb^[17].
• Bishapur's World Heritage Site ID is recorded as 1568-006^[18].
• Bishapur's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bishapur^[19].
• Bishapur's Iranian National Heritage registration number is recorded as 24^[20].
• Bishapur's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Bishapur^[21].
• Bishapur's heritage designation is recorded as Iranian National Heritage^[22].
• Bishapur's heritage designation is recorded as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site^[23].
• Bishapur's category for people who died here is recorded as Q110271180^[24].
• Bishapur's vici.org ID is recorded as 10913^[25].
• Bishapur's GeoNames ID is recorded as 140452^[26].
• Bishapur's Pleiades ID is recorded as 922740^[27].

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Geography

Bishapur is in the country of Iran^[5]. Bishapur is located in Kazerun County^[4]. Bishapur's part of is recorded as Sassanid Archaeological Landscape of Fars Region^[13].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+194'}^[28] and {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+7480'}^[29].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include historic city^[7], archaeological site^[8], and cultural property^[9]. Heritage statuses include Iranian National Heritage^[22] and part of UNESCO World Heritage Site^[23].

History and Context

+0226-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Bishapur^[15]. Shapur I is named after Bishapur^[10].

Why It Matters

Bishapur draws 94 Wikipedia views per month (historic_city category, ranking #3 of 8).^[2] Bishapur has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] Bishapur is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]