Babak Castle

by Asma BehtashAugust 6, 2018November 1, 2018Leave a CommentAround Tabriz, Attractions

Babak Castle, also known as the Immortal Castle or Republic Castle, is a large citadel and National Symbol of Iranians on the top of a mountain in the Arasbaran forests. It is located 6 km southwest of Kalibar City in northwestern Iran. It is believed that the castle belongs to the Parthian dynasty, and modified under the Sassanid dynasty.

This castle, named after Bābak Khorramdin the warlord, managed to resist the Arab armies. Babak was the leader of the Khurramites in Azerbaijan who fought the Abbassid Islamic caliphate. For this reason, the large citadel is also known as the Immortal Castle or Republic Castle. The castle, built at an altitude of 2300-2600 meter, surrounded by gorges as deep as 400 to 600 meters. To reach the castle, one has to trek a tortuous and narrow passageway and then cross a corridor-shaped temple, 200 meters in lengths.

Asma Behtash

I’m Asma Behtash, the chairwoman of the board of Binesh Faragir Ark Safar Company. I have a bachelor’s degree in Tourism Management and a Master’s degree in Ecotourism at University of Tabriz. From my early years at the university, I became interested in tourism and decided to work in this topic in addition to studying. So, I began to produce tourism content for the tourism publication of Safarnameh Ark. Also I worked alongside my talented teammates on the Journal of Kuleposhti, the Quarterly of the Geography and Tourism Academic Society at University of Tabriz, as an editor. Since 2014, our business has been launched under the name of Arktourism, a website dedicated to the production of specialized tourism content. I am interested in cultural topics and write about the culture of Tabriz in the Arktourism website. I am fluent in Persian, English and Turkish. Tour guiding and performing events are among my favorite activities. Since 2017, I have also been working on the project of One Minute With Tabriz, a project to produce video content for the beautiful city of Tabriz.

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