Editing Iranian architecture (section)

====Parthian style====
{{Main|Parthian style}}
This architectural style includes designs from the [[Seleucid Empire|Seleucid]] (310–140 BCE), Parthian (247 BCE – 224 CE), and Sassanid (224–651 CE) eras, reaching its apex of development in the Sassanid period. Examples of this style are [[Ghal'eh Dokhtar]], the royal compounds at [[Nisa, Turkmenistan|Nysa]], [[Anahita Temple]], [[Mahallat|Khorheh]], [[Hatra]], the [[Ctesiphon|Ctesiphon vault of Kasra]], [[Bishapur]], and the [[Palace of Ardashir]] in [[Firouzabad|Ardeshir Khwarreh]] (Firouzabad).<ref>{{cite book|title=Sabk Shināsī-i miʻmārī-i Īrānī ''<!-- end of italics -->(Study of styles in Iranian architecture)''<!-- to match following closing italics -->|author=Pīrniyā, Muammah Karīm|year=2005|location=Tehran|publisher=Surush-i Dānish|isbn =964-96113-2-0}}p.92-93 & p.94-129</ref>