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Ateshgah Fire Temple

Absheron 121,544 views
Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Ateshgah is a pentagonal courtyard enclosed by walls with a domed altar in the centre. Cells for pilgrims are set into the walls. Today the complex is an open-air museum whose exhibition traces the history of fire cults on the Absheron peninsula.

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