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Persepolis

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Persepolis was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire, situated in the plains of Marvdasht, encircled by the southern Zagros Mountains in the Fars province of Iran. It is one of the key Iranian cultural heritage sites and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, prized for its monumental terraces, staircases and relief carvings.

Facts
Year Created
1853 2
Location
Marvdasht plain, Fars province, Iran 1
Architectural Style
Achaemenid 1
Primary Material
Grey limestone 1
Building Type
Ceremonial palace complex and citadel 1
Commissioned By
Darius I 1
Construction
from 515 1
Floor Area (sqm)
125,000 1
Classification
Genre
Architecture 1
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Ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Persian Empire.

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Iran

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It is situated in the plains of Marvdasht, encircled by the southern Zagros Mountains, in Fars province of Iran.
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Sources
1. Persepolis (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section
    It is situated in the plains of Marvdasht, encircled by the southern Zagros Mountains, in Fars province of Iran.
  • Lead section
    The city, acting as a major centre of the empire, housed a palace complex and citadel designed to serve as the focal point for governance and ceremonial activities.
  • Lead section, paragraph 2, architectural-style sentence
    It exemplifies the Achaemenid style of architecture.
  • Article text
    The earliest remains date back to 515 BC, and inscriptions on the buildings support the view that the terrace and the first palaces were built by Darius.
  • Article text
    Trilingual inscriptions in Old Persian, Elamite and Babylonian on the site's gate, together with other textual evidence, show that the palace complex built by Darius the Great bore the same name as the surrounding land.
  • Geography section
    The site includes a 125,000 m2 (1,350,000 sq ft) terrace, partly artificially constructed and partly cut out of a mountain, with its east side leaning on Rahmat Mountain.
  • History, Construction section, materials sentence
    Grey limestone was the main building material used at Persepolis.
  • Lead
    Persepolis or Parseh (Persian: پارسه, romanized: Pārseh; Old Persian: 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿, romanized: Pārsa), also known in modern Persian as Takht-e Jamshid (تخت جمشید, "Throne of Jamshid"), was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire (c.
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2. Wikidata: Persepolis
Wikidata: Persepolis
Wikidata Q129072, corrected from wrong same-titled-painting citation (PlaybookNote 38580)View the Source
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