Gate of All Nations
{{Short description|Achaemenid-era structure in Persepolis, Iran}}
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| location ={{Flag icon|Iran}} Persepolis, Marvdasht, Iran
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| region = 70 km northeast of the modern city of Shiraz in the Fars Province of modern Iran
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The Gate of All Nations ({{langx|peo|π―π’πΊπΌπ°π‘πΆππ»π‘πΏπππΉπ’πΆ}} {{Transliteration|peo|duvarthim visadahyum}}), also known as the Gate of Xerxes, is located in the ruins of the ancient city of Persepolis, Iran.
The construction of the Stairs of All Nations and the Gate of All Nations was ordered by the Achaemenid king Xerxes I (486β465 BCE), the successor of the founder of Persepolis, Darius I the Great.{{Cite web |url=http://wikitravelbook.com/?page=artreader&id=119 |title=Gate of All Nations |access-date=2014-02-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307235016/http://wikitravelbook.com/?page=artreader&id=119 |archive-date=2014-03-07 |url-status=dead }}
Building
It is from an inscription in the gate, known as the XPa inscription, that the building is known as the Gate of All Nations, constructed under the reign of Xerxes I.{{Cite web |date=24 September 2020|orig-date=2004|title=Persepolis, Gate of All Nations - Livius |url=https://www.livius.org/articles/place/persepolis/persepolis-photos/persepolis-gate-of-all-nations/ |access-date=28 August 2023 |website=www.livius.org}}
Gallery
File:20101229_Gates_of_the_nations_Persepolis_Iran.jpg| View of front
File:Takhtejamshid 7.JPG|View with visitors
Persepolis Panorama 1 National Gate.jpg|
File:Persepolis 24.11.2009 11-06-03.jpg|
File:Apadana palace in persepolis in Iran.tif|
File:Persepolis 24.11.2009 11-12-38.jpg|
File:Persepolis 24.11.2009 11-17-28.jpg|
File:Persepolis 24.11.2009 13-10-19.jpg|
File:Persepolis Lamassus.jpg|Closeup of a Lamassu on the Gate
File:Persepolis 24.11.2009 13-10-33.jpg|
References
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External links
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- [http://oi.uchicago.edu/museum/collections/pa/persepolis/gate_xerxes.html Gate of Xerxes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730075450/http://oi.uchicago.edu/museum/collections/pa/persepolis/gate_xerxes.html |date=2012-07-30 }}
- [http://wikimapia.org/2531494/The-Gate-of-All-Nations The Gate of All Nations at Wikimapia]
- [http://www.persepolis3d.com/control_structures/gate_of_all_nations.htm The Grand Stairway and the Gate of All Nations]
- [http://www.bavanatecotour.com/iran_persepolis.htm Shiraz Persepolis]
- [https://www.livius.org/pen-pg/persepolis/persepolis_gate_all_nations.html Persepolis: Gate of All Nations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119034828/http://www.livius.org/pen-pg/persepolis/persepolis_gate_all_nations.html |date=2016-11-19 }}
{{Iranian Architecture}}
{{Fars Province}}{{Persepolis}}{{World Heritage Sites in Iran}}