Takht-e Jamshid aka Persepolis, Shiraz, Iran.
Persepolis was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire (ca. 550–330 BC). 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. In contemporary Persian, the site is known as تخت جمشید Takht-e Jamshid (“The Throne of Jamshid”).
