Persepolis

Persepolis (Old Persian Pârsa, modern Takht-e Jamshid): Greek name of one of the capitals of the ancient Achaemenid empire, founded by the great king Darius (522-486 BCE).

History

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Map op Persepolis. Design Jona Lendering.

Persepolis: buildings
1 Apadana
2 Treasury
3 Darius' palace
4 Xerxes' gate
5 Stairway
6 Xerxes' palace
7 Harem
8 Hall of hundred columns
9 Hall of 32 columns
10 Tomb of Artaxerxes III
11 Unfinished gate

First period: Darius I the Great (518-490)

Terrace (building inscription)
Apadana (map 1)

eastern stairs (faces of people)

Treasury (map 2)

Second period: Darius I / Xerxes (490-480)

Taçara, 'winter palace' (or Palace of Darius (map 3)
Xerxes' Gate ("Gate of all nations"; map 4)
Stairway (map 5)
Apadana (map 1), northern stairs (relief)

Third period: Xerxes (480-470)

Hadiš (Palace of Xerxes) (map 6)

Queen's Quarters (map 7)

Tripylon or Council Hall

"Palace D" (??)

Southern Buildings

Fourth period: Artaxerxes I

Fifth period: fourth century

Tomb of Artaxerxes II

Palace of Artaxerxes III ("Palace G")

Hall of thirty-two columns (map 9)

Tomb of Artaxerxes III (map 10)

Army road and Unfinished gate (map 11)

Unfinished tomb

Other

Persepolis with the Gate and Stairs of all Nations and the Palace of Darius. Drawing by Cornelis de Bruijn (1704/1705; published 1711).

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