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Band-e Qeyṣar
dam, Shūshtar, Iran
Also known as: Dam of Caesar
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built by Shāpūr I
feature of Shūshtar
- In Shūshtar
…greatest of these dams, the Band-e Qeyṣar, was originally 1,800 feet (550 metres) long and supported on its numerous arches Valerian’s Bridge, so called because it was constructed under the Sāsānian king Shāpūr I (d. 272) using Roman engineers and other prisoners-of-war captured along with the emperor Valerian in 260.…
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