The splendid ruins of Persepolis lie at the foot of Kouh-e Rahmat, or "Mountain of Mercy," in the plain of Marv Dasht about 850 kilometers south of the present capital city of Tehran and about 50 kilometers north of Shiraz. Persepolis was the center of the great Persian Empire and was the official capital of the Achaemenians.
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| | The magnificent palace complex at Persepolis was founded by Darius the Great around 518 B.C.
Next to the Apadana, the second largest building of the Persepolis Terrace is the Throne Hall (also called the "Hundred-Column Hall"), which was started by Xerxes and finished by his son Artaxerxes I (end of the fifth century B.C.).
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Persopolis throne hall, eight stone doorways are decorated with reliefs of throne scenes on the south and north and on the east and west with scenes depicting the king struggling with monsters. In addition, the northern portico of the building is flanked by two gigantic stone bulls. In the beginning of Xerxes' reign the Throne Hall was used mainly for receptions for representatives of all the subject nations of the empire. Later, when the Treasury proved to be too small, the Throne Hall also served as a repository and also as a place to display objects from the royal treasury. Concerning this, Schmidt wrote of the striking parallel in a modern example of a combined throne hall and palace museum where the Shah of Iran stores and exhibits the royal treasures in rooms and galleries adjoining his throne hall in the Gulistan Palace at Teheran.
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| | There have been many speculations about the purpose served by the Throne Wall. Perhaps it was "office space" for the minister of the court and his employees or "gallery space" housing all of the priceless objects that did not fit into the overflowing treasury. Friedrich Krefter saw it as a venue for the army. Since it was built on ground level, the rows of soldiers forming an honour guard could easily have marched in and out of the building.
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Allwondersoftheworld.com tells us about the Throne Hall of the ruin of Persepolis which is almost a forgotten wonder in the present age.
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