Persepolis�was the ceremonial capital of the�Achaemenid Empire�. Persepolis is situated�70 km�northeast of the modern city of�Shiraz�in the�Fars Province�of modern�Iran. The earliest remains of Persepolis date from around 515 BCE.�UNESCO declared the citadel of Persepolis a�World Heritage Site�in 1979.
Ruins of a number of colossal buildings exist on the terrace. All are constructed of dark-grey marble. Fifteen of their pillars stand intact. Three more pillars have been re-erected since 1970. Several of the buildings were never finished.�F. Stolze�has shown that some of the mason's rubbish remains. These ruins, for which the name�Chehel minar�("the forty columns or minarets") can be traced back to the 13th century, are now known as�Takht-e Jamshid�("the throne of�Jamshid"). Since the time of�Pietro della Valle, it has been beyond dispute that they represent the Persepolis captured and partly destroyed by�Alexander the Great.































































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