Persepolis
Ancient city · Iran
- Abandoned
- 329 BC
- Founded
- 510 BC
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 29.935, 52.890
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: древнеперсидский город, столица империи Ахеменидов
History
Persepolis or Parseh, also known in modern Persian as Takht-e Jamshid, was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire. It is situated in the plains of Marvdasht, encircled by the southern Zagros Mountains, in Fars province of Iran. It is one of the key Iranian cultural heritage sites and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979.