Our cities
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Shush Castle also known as Acropol Castle and French Castle is located on hill in Shush and dates back to the Qajar era (1785-1925). The castle was constructed in 1897 by French archaeologist Jacques de Morgan (1857-1924) as a base to house him and his team. De Morgan dismantled bricks from the Apadana Palace and Chogha Zanbil Ziggurat and transferred them to this site to construct his base.
This castle, which resembles medieval structures, has two courtyards one of which is slightly higher than the other. The castle also has a cylindrical tower on its western side which was used as a dovecote and another tower in its first courtyard.
Shush Castle was damaged during the eight-year Iraq-Iran war of the 1980s. The castle was registered as a National Heritage Site in 2002.
Shush Castle
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Shush, Khuzestan Province