Persepolis
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| تخت جمشید | |
 Ruins o the Gate o Aw Naitions, Persepolis | |
  Shawn within Iran | |
| Location | Marvdasht, Fars Province, Iran[1] |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 29°56′04″N 52°53′29″E / 29.93444°N 52.89139°ECoordinates: 29°56′04″N 52°53′29″E / 29.93444°N 52.89139°E |
| Teep | Settlement |
| History | |
| Bigger | Darius I, Xerxes I an Artaxerxes I |
| Material | Stane an wid |
| Foondit | 6t century BC |
| Periods | Achaemenid Empire |
| Culturs | Persie |
| Events | Nowruz, The 2,500 Year Celebration o the Persie Empire |
| Site notes | |
| Condeetion | In ruins |
| Management | Iranian Govrenment |
| Public access | Open |
| Offeecial name | Persepolis |
| Teep | Cultural |
| Criteria | i, iii, vi |
| Designatit | 1979 (3rd session) |
| Reference no. | 114 |
| State Pairty | Iran |
| Region | Asie-Paceefic |
Persepolis (Greek, leeterally meanin "the Persie ceety"),[2] forby kent as Takht-e-Jamshid (Modren Persie: تخت جمشید, leeterally meanin "the throne o Jamshid"), wis the ceremonial caipital o the Achaemenid Empire (ca. 550–330 BC).
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Google maps. "Location of Persepolis". Google maps. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
- ↑ Michael Woods, Mary B. Woods (2008). Seven Wonders of the Ancient Middle East. Twenty-First Century Books. pp. 26–8.
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