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Persepolis/Shiraz Part 64

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Channel: Nurettin Yilmaz · 2015 · Travel & Events

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Persepolis:
Founded by Darius I in 518 B.C., Persepolis was the capital of the Achaemenid Empire. It was built on an immense half-artificial, half-natural terrace, where the king of kings created an impressive palace complex inspired by Mesopotamian models. The importance and quality of the monumental ruins make it a unique archaeological site.
Persepolis literally meaning "city of Persians", was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire (ca. 550–330 BCE). Persepolis is situated 60 km northeast of city of Shiraz in Fars Province in Iran. The earliest remains of Persepolis date back to 515 BCE. It exemplifies the Achaemenid style of architecture. UNESCO declared the ruins of Persepolis a World Heritage Site in 1979.
To the ancient Persians, the city was known as Pārsa. The English word Persepolis is derived from the Greek Persépolis  compound meaning "Persian city". Due to the belief among Late Antiquity Persians that the monuments were built by Jamshid, the site has been known as Takht-e Jamshid "The Throne of Jamshid") since Sassanian times. It is also known as Chehel minar  ("The Forty Columns/Minarets").
Construction:Archaeological evidence shows that the earliest remains of Persepolis date back to 515 BC. André Godard, the French archaeologist who excavated Persepolis in the early 1930s, believed that it was Cyrus the Great  who chose the site of Persepolis, but that it was Darius I who built the terrace and the great palaces.
Darius ordered the construction of the Apadana Palace and the Council Hall (the Tripylon or three-gated hall), the main imperial Treasury and its surroundings. These were completed during the reign of his son, King Xerxes the Great (New-Persian Khashayar, more correctly, 'the greatest/king of the gallant youth/young men'). Further construction of the buildings on the terrace continued until the downfall of the Achaemenid dynasty.
After invading Persia, Alexander the Great sent the main force of his army to Persepolis in the year 330 BC by the Royal Road. Alexander stormed the Persian Gates (in the modern Zagros Mountains), then quickly captured Persepolis before its treasury could be looted. After several months Alexander allowed his troops to loot Persepolis.
In 1971, Persepolis was the main staging ground for the 2,500 year celebration of Iran's monarchy. It included delegations from foreign nations in an attempt to advance Persian culture.Wikipedia

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