Ghasr-e Shirin

Ghasr-e Shirin, (Kurdish: Qesri Shírín, قه‌سرشیرین, Persian قصر شیرین) means the Palace of Shirin. The city was a metropolitan during Sassanid dynastic era (226-651 AD). Ghasr-e Shírín a city with over 2000 years of history was famous for being the city of love. Khosrow II (590 to 628 AD) the twenty-second king of Sassanid dynasty built a castle for his life long beloved Shirin in the city. The folklore has it that Shirin was the daughter of the Queen of Armenia who fell in love with the Sassanid King. Shirin followed her love Khosrow and settled in Ghasr-e Shirin, before sending a messenger to the King in Ctesiphon informing him of her move. The king who was engaged in a battle with Arabs, decided to build a palace for his beloved...