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Ateshgah Fire Temple
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The Ateshgah Fire Temple at Surakhani is a fortified courtyard complex associated with Indian merchants and pilgrims. Its surviving buildings mainly belong to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Displays explore the traditions connected with the site. The present flame is supplied by a gas line, so distinguish the historic natural-fire setting from today's visitor experience.
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Ateshgah is a fortified courtyard complex at Surakhani, associated with Indian merchants and pilgrims. The surviving buildings mainly date from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Around the central fire altar, a ring of cells helps reveal how the complex was organised.
The inscriptions and displays offer clues to the traditions connected with the site. Fire is central to its story, but one detail is important: the flame seen today is supplied through a gas line. It should not be confused with the historic natural-fire setting. Looking at the courtyard, the cells and the altar together gives a fuller picture than focusing on the flame alone.
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Original title: Absheron Ateshgah 004 9740
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2016-09-27Date not independently verified
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Original title: Templo de fuego, Baku, Azerbaiyán, 2016-09-27, DD 34
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2016-09-27Date not independently verified
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Original title: Templo de fuego, Baku, Azerbaiyán, 2016-09-27, DD 23
Date label in the source: 2016-09-27
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1890sDate not independently verified
Baye, Joseph de (1853-1931). Chef de la mission. Auteur de la conférence Molteni. Photographe · Public domain
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Original title: Caucase. 20, Près Bakou. Temple des adorateurs du feu - (mission) de Baye ; (photogr. reprod. par) Molteni (pour la conférence donnée par) de Baye - btv1b53259027c
Date label in the source: 1890s
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1894–1895Date not independently verified
Chaffanjon, Jean (1854-1913). Auteur de la conférence. Photographe présumé. Chef de la mission Molteni. Photographe · Public domain
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Original title: Asie. Temple du feu village près Bakou - (mission) Chaffanjon ; photogr. Chaffanjon () ; (photogr. reprod. par) Molteni (pour la conférence donnée par) Chaffanjon - btv1b531366391
Date label in the source: 1894–1895
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