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Bisotun ( fa, بيستون; also 
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d as Bīsotūn; also known as Bīsītan and Bīsītūn) is a city and capital of Bisotun District Bisotun District ( fa, بخش بیستون) is a district (bakhsh) in Harsin County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 24,793, in 5,758 families. The district has one city: Bisotun. The District has two rural distri ...
, in Harsin County
Harsin County ( fa, شهرستان هرسین) is in Kermanshah province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Harsin, east of Kermanshah, above sea level. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 90,452 in 20,788 households ...
, Kermanshah Province, Iran
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. At the 2006 census, its population was 2,075, in 527 families.
The town is at the foot of Bisotun mountain, the flank of which is the location of an important historical site. The imperial road from Ekbatana to Babylon passed at the foot of the mountain. On the rocky slopes king Darius I left the Behistun Inscription. From the Seleucid
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epoch there is a Herakles
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statue. Next to it Parthian Parthian may be:
Historical
* A demonym "of Parthia", a region of north-eastern of Greater Iran
* Parthian Empire (247 BC – 224 AD)
* Parthian language, a now-extinct Middle Iranian language
* Parthian shot, an archery skill famously employed by ...
kings added some reliefs. Late Sasanian rulers prepared a large piece of rock for another victory relief which was never finished because of the subsequent Arab invasion. Later folklore connected this place to the legend of Farhad and Shirin.
A Safavid caravanserai is preserved in Bisotun.
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Populated places in Harsin County Cities in Kermanshah Province {{Harsin-geo-stub