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Taq-e Bostan

archaeological site in Kermanshah, Iranian national heritage site
Place archaeological_site Q940045

Facts

11 properties

Designation

Instance of
archaeological site, architectural ensemble, cultural property[3][4]
Heritage designation
Iranian National Heritage, Tentative World Heritage Site[7][8]

Location

Country
Iran[2]
Location
Taq-e Bostan[6]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 34.388°, 47.132°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Kermanshah[1]

Period and style

Architectural style
Sasanian architecture[5]
More facts +4
Directions
۴ کیلومتری مشرق کرمانشاه[15]
Elevation above sea level
+1326[10]
Native label
طاق بستان[9]
World Heritage criteria
(i), (ii), (iii), (iv)[11][12][13][14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Tagh-e Bostan en Taq-e Bostan ar طاق بستان es Taq-i Bostan he טאק-בוסטן he טאק בוסתאן it طاق بستان‎ it arco del giardino it Taq wa San ja ターク・イ・ブスタン ja ターゲ・ボスターン ko 타크 보스탄 nl Taq-e-Bustan ru Так-е Бостан tr Tak-ı Bostan zh 塔克 波斯坦 zh 塔奇·博斯坦岩石浮雕
🔖 Identifiers · 14
VIAF cluster ID
245440878
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
تاق‌بستان.jpg ↗
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Taq-e-Bostan
Freebase ID
/m/067pyh
GNS Unique Feature ID
10117320
GeoNames ID
6720819
Grove Art Online ID
T083341
Iranian National Heritage registration number
172
Kulturenvanteri monument ID
320453
OpenStreetMap way ID
296783422
PACTOLS thesaurus ID
pcrtpiIoLvKN9d
Pleiades ID
903126
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Topic's main category
Category:Taq-e Bostan
World Heritage Tentative List ID
5182
📚 Sources · 1
  • GeoNames as of 2026-09-26 · 1 statement · CC BY 4.0 CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.

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Located in time zoneP421
Asia/Tehran 2026-09-26 S/ANS · IR GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) as of 2026-09-26
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Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
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Bronze
1da92a6323a5fec3… admin1CodesASCII.txt +9 files
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🔗 Connections
Heritage designation 2
Iranian National Heritage, Tentative World Heritage Site
Architectural style 1
Sasanian architecture
Country 1
Iran
Has these parts 1
Coronation of Ardashir II
Instance of 1
archaeological site
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Kermanshah Province
Location 1
Kermanshah
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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . iranarchpedia.ir. iranarchpedia.ir. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [1] ↑ . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . iranarchpedia.ir. iranarchpedia.ir. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . whc.unesco.org. whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . Wiki Loves Monuments monuments database. tools.wmflabs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 20d ago · הנדב הנכון · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'azb', 'ca', 'ceb', 'ckb', 'de', 'diq', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'he', 'hy
    Native label → {'lang': 'fa', 'text': 'طاق بستان'}
    Sitelink count → 23
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Native label: طاق بستان"
  2. 6w ago · Repa40x · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    OpenStreetMap way ID → 296783422
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ OpenStreetMap way ID: 296783422, Add P10689 = 296783422"
  3. 16w ago · Orijentolog · 2026-07-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1326'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Elevation above sea level: 1,326 metre"
  4. 17w ago · Orijentolog · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Taq-e Bostan
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 34.38752777777778, 'lon': 47.132083333333334}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Topic's main category: Category:Taq-e Bostan"
  5. 17w ago · Orijentolog · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → archaeological site in Kermanshah, Iranian national heritage site
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Kermanshah
    Instance of → archaeological site, architectural ensemble, cultural property
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: cultural property"
  6. 17w ago · Orijentolog · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → تاق‌بستان.jpg
    Location → Taq-e Bostan
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Location: Taq-e Bostan"
  7. 24w ago · ArasbaranIran · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    World Heritage criteria → (i), (ii), (iii) +1
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 34.38752777777778, 'lon': 47.132083333333334}
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Kermanshah
    Located in → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Image: Harp-Sassanid.png"
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