Palace complex

Palace complex

ca. 500 BCE

1927

Single Built Works

Iran (nation)

Takht-e Jamshīd (deserted settlement)

Achaemenid

royal palaces

View of the Palace Complex at Persepolis in Iran with unidentified man standing in foreground. "According to tablets inscribed in Old Persian and Elamite found at Persepolis, it seems that Darius planned this impressive complex of palaces not only as the seat of government but also, and primarily, as a show place and a spectacular center for the receptions and festivals of the Achaemenian kings and their empire. Darius lived long enough to see only a small part of his plans executed. His brilliant and grandiose ideas were taken up and followed by his son and successor Xerxes, who, according to an excavated foundation inscription, said: “When my father Darius went (away from) the throne, I by the grace of Ahuramazda became king on my father’s throne. After I became king…what had been done by my father, that I also (did), and other works I added.”4 Actually, the Persepolis we know is mostly the work of Xerxes,"--The Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago website.

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