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PERSEPOLIS (Takht-e Jamshid):

Persepolis-which is Greek for “City of the Persians”-is located in what is known as southwestern Iran. The city was one of the capitals of Persia. Called Parsa by the Persians, it was used as a residence by the Achaemenid kings, beginning with Darius I in the late 6th century BC.

"Persepolis"

The site consists of the remains of several monumental buildings on a vast stone terrace surrounded by a brick wall. The palace and audience hall of Darius I contain sculptured reliefs depicting Achaemenid court ceremonies. Still standing are thirteen of the massive stone columns of the Apadana (great audience hall), and its broad double staircase has been restored by archaeologists. At Naksh-i-Rustam, some 6 kilometres (4 miles) northwest of Persepolis, are the Achaemenid royal tombs.

Plundered and burned in 330 BC by Alexander the Great, the king of Macedonia, Persepolis was eventually abandoned. Excavation of the site began in 1931.
 

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