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Multi-periodSite Name: Persepolis Alternative Name: Takhet Jamshid, Takht-e Jamshid, Throne of JamshidCountry: Iran
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Type: Ancient Palace
Nearest Town: Shiraz Nearest Village: Marv Dasht
Latitude: 29.933300N Longitude: 52.900003E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Jansold visited on 13th Apr 2009 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 5
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Persepolis is located about 50 kilometres northeast of the city of Shiraz. It was founded by Darius I in about 518BC and was the capital of the Achaemenid Empire. The site was named Persepolis by the Greeks but in Iran it is known as Takhet Jamshid.
Persepolis was destroyed by fire by Alexander the Great in 330BC (only 200 years after it’s completion). Alexander is said to have carried away the treasures on “20000 mules and 5000 camels”.
The site was identified in 1620 before which it lay buried (and protected) by it’s own ruins. The first organised excavations did not take place until the 1930’s.
Persepolis has a huge carpark but when we visited in July 1998 we had it completely to ourselves except for our guide and the staff. Just as we left a small group of French visitors arrived. July is of course midsummer in Iran and we were very pleased that we had gone to Persepolis early …. when we left at around 11am after about 2 hours, it was getting hot with a warm wind blowing.
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