{{Short description|Historic site in Rey, Iran}} {{Infobox religious building | building_name = Bahram fire temple | infobox_width = | religious_affiliation = Zoroastrianism | image = Bahramfiretempleyo.jpg | image_upright = | caption = | map_type = | map_size = | map_caption = | location = Rey, Tehran province, Iran | geo = | rite = | province = | sector = | cercle = | municipality = | consecration_year = | status = | functional_status = | heritage_designation = | leadership = | website = | architecture = | architecture_type = | architecture_style = Sasanian | general_contractor = | facade_direction = | groundbreaking = | year_completed = | construction_cost = | specifications = | capacity = | length = | width = | width_nave = | height_max = | minaret_quantity = | minaret_height = | spire_quantity = | spire_height = | materials = Stone | nrhp = | added = | refnum = | designated = }} '''Tappe Mil''' ({{langx|fa|تپه میل}}), also known as the '''Fire Temple of Rey''' ({{langx|fa|آتشکده ری}}) or the '''Fire Temple of Bahram''' ({{langx|fa|آتشکده بهرام}}), is a Sasanian era religious site in Rey, Iran. It is a fire temple named after Bahram V.<ref>[http://www.iraninstitute.com/1386/860305/html/shahri.htm#s700686 Irna website]</ref>
== Geographical location == About 12 kilometers southeast of the city of Ray towards Varamin, on the top of a wide hill in the city of Ghalenou, there are the remains of a palace or fire temple known as tappe mil "pillar Hill". It is built on two large foundations which resemble Mil from a distance. '''Mil''' ({{langx|fa|میل}}) is a word in the Persian language that in architecture refers to a special narrow and tall building common in the past.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The website belonging to the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts of Iran |url=https://www.visitiran.ir/en/attraction/mill-tape-rey |website=Visit Iran |language=En}}</ref>
== Architecture == The direction of the building is east and west, and there was a iwan "porch" (Persian: {{lang|fa|ایوان}}) with four circular columns on the east front. A part of the fire temple was destroyed during Alexander's attack on Iran, and only a part of the chahartaq "four-arched" and structure of this fire temple remained in the form of two pillars.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iran tourism attractions information website |url=https://iraninform.com/%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C/2423 |language=fa}}</ref>
== Excavations and renovation == For the first time in 1913, the French "Jacques de Morgan" restored this fire temple and the surrounding structures. This building was explored and excavated in 1933 by an American archaeologist named Eric Schmidt, and recently Firouzeh Shibani from Iran followed up its excavation work.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 11, 2007 |title="تپه میل" قدیمی ترین آتشکده دوران ساسانی در"ری" |language=fa |work=IRNA, Islamic Republic News Agency |url=https://www.irna.ir/news/7703189/%D8%AA%D9%BE%D9%87-%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84-%D9%82%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%A2%D8%AA%D8%B4%DA%A9%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%87-%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86}}</ref>
==See also== * Verethragna
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://fa.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%D8%AA%D9%BE%D9%87_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84&oldid=5432418 Photoes in Persian Wikipedia]
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{{Fire temples in Iran}}Category:Fire temples in Iran Category:Buildings and structures on the Iran National Heritage List Category:Chahartaqis
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