Sarvestan Palace is a Sasanian-era building about 56 miles (90 km) southeast of Shiraz in Iran. The infobox gives completion as 658 to 684 AD, and the text says it was built in the mid-7th century, probably begun late in the Sasanian period and finished after the Arab conquest. The article names no architect or client, and calls the palace name misleading.
Its function is unclear: a governor's residence, a Zoroastrian fire temple, a hunting lodge or a sanctuary. Three iwans face south, and the central one leads to a square hall under a large baked brick dome and then to a courtyard ringed by residential quarters. Walls are stone and mortar. The article gives no dimensions.
Unlike similar buildings at Ghal'eh Dokhtar and Ardashir's palace near Firuzabad, Sarvestan is open on all sides. Some of its decoration survives. It was listed as a national monument in 1931 and became part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2018.
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