Persepolis

E83624
ancient city archaeological site ceremonial capital

Persepolis was the ceremonial heart of the ancient Achaemenid Persian Empire, renowned for its monumental palaces, grand staircases, and intricate reliefs.

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Label Occurrences
Persepolis canonical 75

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
ceremonial capital ⓘ
associatedDynasty Achaemenid dynasty ⓘ
constructionStart circa 518 BC ⓘ
coordinateLatitude 29.935 ⓘ
coordinateLongitude 52.891 ⓘ
country Iran ⓘ
culturalRegion Persia ⓘ
destroyedBy Alexander the Great ⓘ
destructionDate 330 BC ⓘ
etymology Greek for "city of the Persians" ⓘ
foundedBy Darius I of Persia ⓘ
surface form: Darius I
hasMaterial mud-brick ⓘ
stone ⓘ
wood ⓘ
hasPalace Apadana Palace ⓘ
Hadish Palace ⓘ
Tachara Palace ⓘ
hasStructure Gate of All Nations ⓘ
Hall of 100 Columns ⓘ
Tripylon ⓘ
heritageCriteria (i) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ
(vi) ⓘ
inscribedIn UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage List
knownFor Achaemenid stone reliefs ⓘ
surface form: Apadana reliefs

Gate of All Nations ⓘ
Hadish Palace ⓘ
Hall of 100 Columns ⓘ
Tachara Palace ⓘ
Tripylon ⓘ
grand staircases ⓘ
intricate reliefs ⓘ
monumental palaces ⓘ
royal tombs on surrounding cliffs ⓘ
locatedAt foothills of the Kuh-e Rahmat mountain ⓘ
locatedIn Fars Province ⓘ
locatedNear Shiraz, Iran ⓘ
surface form: Shiraz
locatedOn Marv Dasht plain ⓘ
modernNameInPersian Takht-e Jamshid ⓘ
partOf Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite true ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 114 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1979 ⓘ
usedAs ceremonial center ⓘ
royal residence ⓘ
usedFor Nowruz celebrations ⓘ
imperial receptions ⓘ
tribute ceremonies ⓘ

Referenced by (75)

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

Achaemenid Empire → capital → Persepolis ⓘ
Persians → capitalOfHistoricalEmpire → Persepolis ⓘ
Persepolis F.C. → shortName → Persepolis ⓘ
Darius I of Persia → deathPlace → Persepolis ⓘ
Shiraz, Iran → nearbySite → Persepolis ⓘ
Artaxerxes I of Persia → capital → Persepolis ⓘ
Pasargadae → near → Persepolis ⓘ
Persian → historicalCapital → Persepolis ⓘ
Persian → UNESCOHeritageAssociated → Persepolis ⓘ
Gate of All Nations → locatedIn → Persepolis ⓘ
Elamite → notableInscriptionSite → Persepolis ⓘ
Royal Road → connects → Persepolis ⓘ
Persepolis terrace → partOf → Persepolis ⓘ
Apadana Palace → locatedIn → Persepolis ⓘ
Darius III → capital → Persepolis ⓘ
Darius III → associatedCity → Persepolis ⓘ
Xerxes I → deathPlace → Persepolis ⓘ
Xerxes I → capital → Persepolis ⓘ
Artaxerxes II → capital → Persepolis ⓘ
Artaxerxes III → placeOfDeath → Persepolis ⓘ
Artaxerxes III → capitalDuringReign → Persepolis ⓘ
Persia → hasCapitalHistorically → Persepolis ⓘ
Persia → notableCity → Persepolis ⓘ
Old Persian cuneiform → primaryCenter → Persepolis ⓘ
Pars → hasCapital → Persepolis ⓘ
Pars → hasNotableSite → Persepolis ⓘ
Persis → capital → Persepolis ⓘ
Persis → majorCity → Persepolis ⓘ
Persis → hasArchaeologicalSite → Persepolis ⓘ
Persis → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Persepolis ⓘ
Fars → contains → Persepolis ⓘ
Fars → UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteWithin → Persepolis ⓘ
Fars → historicalCapitalCityWithin → Persepolis ⓘ
Parsa → hasCapital → Persepolis ⓘ
Achaemenid kings → capital → Persepolis ⓘ
Achaemenid kings → exercisedPowerFrom → Persepolis ⓘ
Naqsh-e Rustam inscriptions → locatedNear → Persepolis ⓘ
Persepolis inscriptions → locatedIn → Persepolis ⓘ
Achaemenid stone reliefs → majorSite → Persepolis ⓘ
Artystone → residence → Persepolis ⓘ
Achaemenid dynasty → capital → Persepolis ⓘ
Fars Province → containsAncientSite → Persepolis ⓘ
Fars Province → containsWorldHeritageSite → Persepolis ⓘ
Persian court → location → Persepolis ⓘ
Damaspia → residence → Persepolis ⓘ
Persian monarchy → capital → Persepolis ⓘ
Achaemenid architecture → majorSite → Persepolis ⓘ
Persian architecture → notableStructure → Persepolis ⓘ
Xerxes II of Persia → capital → Persepolis ⓘ
Darius II of Persia → capital → Persepolis ⓘ