Pasargadae

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World Heritage Site ancient city archaeological site

Pasargadae is the ancient capital of the Achaemenid Empire in present-day Iran, renowned for its archaeological remains and the tomb of Cyrus the Great.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
Pasargadae canonical	33
Pasargadae archaeological complex	3
Pasargad	2
Pasargadae World Heritage Site	2
Pasargadae archaeological site	2
Achaemenid Empire capital complex	1
Achaemenid royal complex at Pasargadae	1
Cultural Landscape of Pasargadae	1
Pasargadae area	1
Royal Garden of Pasargadae	1
ancient royal gardens of Pasargadae	1
excavations at Pasargadae	1
پاسارگاد	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World Heritage Site ⓘ ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Achaemenid architecture ⓘ
capitalOf	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
constructionEnd	late 6th century BC ⓘ
constructionStart	c. 546 BC ⓘ
contains	Audience Hall ⓘ Fortress of Tall-e Takht ⓘ Residential Palace ⓘ Pasargadae self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Royal Garden of Pasargadae Tomb of Cyrus the Great ⓘ Zendan-e Soleyman tower ⓘ
coordinateLocation	30.193°N 53.179°E ⓘ
country	Iran ⓘ
discoveredIn	19th century ⓘ
distanceToPersepolis	about 40 km ⓘ
elevation	about 1900 m above sea level ⓘ
excavatedBy	Ali Sami ⓘ David Stronach ⓘ Ernst Herzfeld ⓘ
foundedBy	Cyrus the Great ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Pasargadae ⓘ surface form: Pasargad
hasPersianName	Pasargadae self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: پاسارگاد
heritageDesignation	National heritage site of Iran ⓘ UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
knownFor	Achaemenid palatial remains ⓘ early example of Persian garden design ⓘ Tomb of Cyrus the Great ⓘ surface form: tomb of Cyrus the Great
languageOfName	Old Persian ⓘ
locatedIn	Fars Province ⓘ Iranian plateau ⓘ surface form: Iranian Plateau Marvdasht County ⓘ Persis ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod	6th century BC ⓘ
namedAfter	Pasargadae tribe ⓘ
near	Persepolis ⓘ
partOf	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ Pasargadae self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cultural Landscape of Pasargadae
significantEvent	served as first dynastic capital of the Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
topography	plain of Morghab ⓘ
UNESCOcriteria	(i) ⓘ (ii) ⓘ (iii) ⓘ (iv) ⓘ
UNESCOinscriptionYear	2004 ⓘ
UNESCOregion	Asia-Pacific ⓘ
UNESCOstateParty	Iran ⓘ surface form: Islamic Republic of Iran
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId	1106 ⓘ

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Subject: Pasargadae
Description of subject: Pasargadae is the ancient capital of the Achaemenid Empire in present-day Iran, renowned for its archaeological remains and the tomb of Cyrus the Great.

Referenced by (50)

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

Cyrus the Great → burialPlace → Pasargadae ⓘ

Cyrus the Great → capitalEstablished → Pasargadae ⓘ

Cyrus the Great → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Pasargadae ⓘ

Achaemenid Empire → capital → Pasargadae ⓘ

Persians → capitalOfHistoricalEmpire → Pasargadae ⓘ

Shiraz, Iran → nearbySite → Pasargadae ⓘ

Pasargadae → contains → Pasargadae self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Garden of Pasargadae

Pasargadae → partOf → Pasargadae self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cultural Landscape of Pasargadae

Pasargadae → hasPersianName → Pasargadae self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: پاسارگاد

Pasargadae → hasAlternativeName → Pasargadae ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pasargad

Persian → historicalCapital → Pasargadae ⓘ

King of Persia → capitalCity → Pasargadae ⓘ

subject surface form: Cyrus the Great

Cambyses II → burialPlace → Pasargadae ⓘ

Persepolis terrace → partOf → Pasargadae ⓘ

this entity surface form: Achaemenid Empire capital complex

Persia → hasCapitalHistorically → Pasargadae ⓘ

Pars → hasCapital → Pasargadae ⓘ

Pars → hasNotableSite → Pasargadae ⓘ

Persis → majorCity → Pasargadae ⓘ

Persis → hasArchaeologicalSite → Pasargadae ⓘ

Persis → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Pasargadae ⓘ

Fars → contains → Pasargadae ⓘ

Fars → UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteWithin → Pasargadae ⓘ

Fars → historicalCapitalCityWithin → Pasargadae ⓘ

Parsa → hasImportantSite → Pasargadae ⓘ

Achaemenid kings → capital → Pasargadae ⓘ

Achaemenid stone reliefs → majorSite → Pasargadae ⓘ

Achaemenid dynasty → capital → Pasargadae ⓘ

Fars Province → containsCity → Pasargadae ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pasargad

Fars Province → containsAncientSite → Pasargadae ⓘ

Fars Province → containsWorldHeritageSite → Pasargadae ⓘ

Marvdasht County → contains → Pasargadae ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pasargadae area

Tomb of Cyrus the Great → locatedIn → Pasargadae ⓘ

Tomb of Cyrus the Great → partOf → Pasargadae ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pasargadae World Heritage Site

Tomb of Cyrus the Great → locatedIn → Pasargadae ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pasargadae archaeological complex

Tomb of Cyrus the Great → locatedNear → Pasargadae ⓘ

this entity surface form: ancient royal gardens of Pasargadae

Audience Hall → locatedIn → Pasargadae ⓘ

Audience Hall → partOf → Pasargadae ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pasargadae archaeological site

Audience Hall → partOf → Pasargadae ⓘ

this entity surface form: Achaemenid royal complex at Pasargadae

Audience Hall → partOfUNESCOSite → Pasargadae ⓘ

Residential Palace → locatedIn → Pasargadae ⓘ

Residential Palace → partOf → Pasargadae ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pasargadae archaeological complex

Fortress of Tall-e Takht → locatedIn → Pasargadae ⓘ

Fortress of Tall-e Takht → partOf → Pasargadae ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pasargadae archaeological site

Zendan-e Soleyman tower → locatedIn → Pasargadae ⓘ

Zendan-e Soleyman tower → partOf → Pasargadae ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pasargadae archaeological complex

Achaemenid architecture → majorSite → Pasargadae ⓘ

David Stronach → notableWork → Pasargadae ⓘ

this entity surface form: excavations at Pasargadae

plain of Morghab → contains → Pasargadae ⓘ

plain of Morghab → UNESCOWorldHeritageContext → Pasargadae ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pasargadae World Heritage Site

House of Cyrus → capital → Pasargadae ⓘ