Colossal Statue of Shapur I
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About Colossal Statue of Shapur I
The Colossal statue of Shapur I (Persian: پیکره شاپور یکم) is a monumental sculpture depicting Shapur I (AD 240–272), the second shah (king) of the Sassanid Empire, carved from a single stalagmite. It stands in the Shapur cave, a huge limestone cave located about 6 km from the ancient city of Bishapur in the south of Iran.
The statue had lain collapsed on the cave floor for several centuries until 1957 when Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran, commissioned a team of Iranian military personnel to re-erect it and repair the broken feet with iron and cement.
The statue had lain collapsed on the cave floor for several centuries until 1957 when Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran, commissioned a team of Iranian military personnel to re-erect it and repair the broken feet with iron and cement.
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