Kangelo Castle ( fa, قلعه کنگلو) is a historical fortress located in

Kangelo Kangelo( fa, کنگلو; also known as Kangelou) is a village in Rastupey Rural District, in the Central District of Savadkuh County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. Kangelo Castle dates back to the Sassanian The Sasanian () or Sassanid ...

Village,

Savadkuh County Savadkuh County ( fa, شهرستان سوادكوه, ''Ŝahrestāne Sawādkuh''; also Savadkooh and Savadkouh) is located in Mazandaran province, Mazandaran province, Iran. The capital of the county is Pol Sefid, Mazandaran, Pol Sefid. At the 20 ...

, Mazandaran Province,

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

. Kangelo Castle was built during the time of the

Sassanian Empire The Sasanian () or Sassanid Empire, officially known as the Empire of Iranians (, ) and also referred to by historians as the Neo-Persian Empire, was the History of Iran, last Iranian empire before the early Muslim conquests of the 7th-8th cen ...

. According to historians, this castle was used as a place to worship the

Mithra Mithra ( ae, ''Miθra'', peo, 𐎷𐎰𐎼 ''Miça'') commonly known as Mehr, is the Iranian deity of covenant, light, oath, justice and the sun. In addition to being the divinity of contracts, Mithra is also a judicial figure, an all-seeing ...

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