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Persepolis - Army road
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One of the unfinished constructions at Persepolis was the "Army road" or "Procession road". It started at the Gate of all nations (picture) and continued to the east, where it was meant to make a sharp turn to the south; through a new gate, which also remained unfinished, one would have reached the Hall of hundred columns.
A part of the road was already finished when the Macedonians of Alexander the Great sacked the palaces in the spring of 330, but this capital was ready.
A detail of this capital.

Here you can see the Army Road on a satellite photo.
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