Persepolis terrace

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archaeological site architectural structure raised platform

The Persepolis terrace is the monumental raised platform in present-day Iran that once supported the grand palaces and ceremonial complexes of the Achaemenid Persian capital, Persepolis.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Persepolis ceremonial complex 1
Persian royal court at Persepolis 1

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
architectural structure ⓘ
raised platform ⓘ
architecturalStyle Achaemenid architecture ⓘ
area about 125000 square meters ⓘ
about 1250000 square feet ⓘ
builtDuringReignOf Darius I NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtFromMaterial limestone ⓘ
rubble masonry ⓘ
stone ⓘ
constructedFor Achaemenid royal residence ⓘ
Nowruz celebrations ⓘ
imperial ceremonial center ⓘ
royal audiences ⓘ
tribute receptions ⓘ
constructionExtendedUnder Artaxerxes I NERFINISHED ⓘ
Xerxes I NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionStartDate around 518 BCE ⓘ
late 6th century BCE ⓘ
country Iran ⓘ
currentCondition ruin ⓘ
destroyedInvasionBy Alexander the Great ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 18 meters ⓘ
about 60 feet ⓘ
excavatedBy Erich F. Schmidt ⓘ
Ernst Herzfeld ⓘ
excavationStartDate 1930s ⓘ
hasPart Apadana Palace ⓘ
surface form: Apadana palace platform

Gate of All Nations ⓘ
surface form: Gate of All Nations platform

Hadish Palace ⓘ
surface form: Hadish palace foundations

Tachara palace foundations ⓘ
Treasury complex foundations ⓘ
Tripylon (Central Palace) foundations ⓘ
ceremonial complexes ⓘ
colonnaded halls ⓘ
drainage system ⓘ
gateways ⓘ
palace foundations ⓘ
relief-decorated stairways ⓘ
staircases ⓘ
subterranean channels ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ
length about 450 meters ⓘ
locatedIn Fars Province ⓘ
Marv Dasht plain ⓘ
surface form: Marvdasht plain

Persepolis archaeological site ⓘ
southwestern Iran ⓘ
locatedNear city of Shiraz ⓘ
majorDestructionDate 330 BCE ⓘ
managedBy Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran ⓘ
surface form: Iranian Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization
ownedBy Iran ⓘ
surface form: Islamic Republic of Iran
partOf Pasargadae ⓘ
surface form: Achaemenid Empire capital complex

Persepolis ⓘ
shape rectangular ⓘ
significance key monument of ancient Persian architecture ⓘ
symbol of Achaemenid imperial power ⓘ
supportedBy retaining walls ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId 114 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite yes ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1979 ⓘ
width about 300 meters ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Atossa → associatedWith → Persepolis terrace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Persian royal court at Persepolis
Achaemenid Empire → notableSite → Persepolis terrace ⓘ
Gate of All Nations → partOf → Persepolis terrace ⓘ
Gate of All Nations → partOf → Persepolis terrace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Persepolis ceremonial complex