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View of the Band-e Qaisar bridge over the Karun River, Shûshtar, Iran
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View of the Band-e Qaisar bridge over the Karun River, Shûshtar, Iran

Antoine Sevruguin · c. 1880 - c. 1910 · albumen print; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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View of the Band-e Qaisar bridge ["Pul-i-Kaisar"] over the Karun River, Shûshtar, Iran. When the Sassanian Shah Shapur I (reign 240 or 242–272 AD) defeated the Roman Emperor Valerian I in 260 AD in the Roman-Persian Battle of Edessa/Karrhei, he had Roman prisoners of war build this bridge.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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photographKarun, Rud-eIran
Credit lineGezicht op brug Band-e Qaisar over de rivier Karun, Shûshtar, Iran. c. 1880 - c. 1910. Antoine Sevruguin. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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