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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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Achaemenid Empire capital complex 1
Cultural Landscape of Pasargadae 1
Pasargad 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Cambyses II → burialPlace → Pasargadae ⓘ
Cyrus the Great → burialPlace → Pasargadae ⓘ
Achaemenid Empire → capital → Pasargadae ⓘ
King of Persia → capitalCity → Pasargadae ⓘ
subject surface form: Cyrus the Great
Pasargadae → contains → Pasargadae self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Garden of Pasargadae
Pasargadae → hasAlternativeName → Pasargadae ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pasargad
Pasargadae → hasPersianName → Pasargadae self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: پاسارگاد
Persian → historicalCapital → Pasargadae ⓘ
Shiraz, Iran → nearbySite → Pasargadae ⓘ
Pasargadae → partOf → Pasargadae self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cultural Landscape of Pasargadae
Persepolis terrace → partOf → Pasargadae ⓘ
this entity surface form: Achaemenid Empire capital complex