Takht-e Jamshid

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Achaemenid site World Heritage Site ancient city archaeological site ceremonial capital tourist attraction

Takht-e Jamshid is the Persian name for Persepolis, the monumental ceremonial capital of the ancient Achaemenid Empire in present-day Iran.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Takht-e Jamshid canonical 1
تخت جمشید 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Achaemenid site ⓘ
World Heritage Site ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
ceremonial capital ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle Achaemenid architecture ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Achaemenid dynasty ⓘ
constructionPeriod 5th century BC ⓘ
late 6th century BC ⓘ
constructionStart circa 518 BC ⓘ
country Iran ⓘ
culturalRegion Persia ⓘ
destroyedBy Alexander the Great ⓘ
destructionDate 330 BC ⓘ
expandedBy Artaxerxes I of Persia ⓘ
surface form: Artaxerxes I

Xerxes I ⓘ
foundedBy Darius I of Persia ⓘ
surface form: Darius I

Darius I of Persia ⓘ
surface form: Darius the Great
hasEnglishName Persepolis ⓘ
hasFeature audience halls ⓘ
hypostyle halls ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
monumental staircases ⓘ
palace complexes ⓘ
relief sculptures ⓘ
stone columns ⓘ
terraced platform ⓘ
hasPersianName Takht-e Jamshid self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: تخت جمشید
hasStructure Apadana Palace ⓘ
Gate of All Nations ⓘ
Hadish Palace ⓘ
Hall of 100 Columns ⓘ
Royal Tombs ⓘ
Tachara Palace ⓘ
Treasury ⓘ
Tripylon ⓘ
inscriptionsLanguage Babylonian ⓘ
Elamite ⓘ
Old Persian ⓘ
locatedIn Fars Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion southwestern Iran ⓘ
locatedNear Marvdasht NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shiraz, Iran ⓘ
surface form: Shiraz
materialUsed stone ⓘ
partOf Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
recognizedFor bas-relief processions of subject nations ⓘ
monumental architecture ⓘ
symbolizes power of the Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
UNESCOSiteType cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 114 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1979 ⓘ
usedAs ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Persepolis → modernNameInPersian → Takht-e Jamshid ⓘ
Takht-e Jamshid → hasPersianName → Takht-e Jamshid self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: تخت جمشید