The "Persian style" (
New Persian
New Persian ( fa, فارسی نو), also known as Modern Persian () and Dari (), is the current stage of the Persian language spoken since the 8th to 9th centuries until now in Greater Iran and surroundings. It is conventionally divided into thr ...
:شیوه معماری پارسی) is a style of architecture ("''sabk''") defined by
Mohammad Karim Pirnia when categorizing the history of
Persian/Iranian architectural development. Although the
Median and
Achaemenid architecture fall under this classification, the
pre-Achaemenid architecture is also studied as a sub-class of this category.
This style of architecture flourished from eighth century BCE from the time of the
Median Empire, through the
Achaemenid empire, to the arrival of
Alexander III of Macedonia in the third century BCE
[Fallāḥʹfar, Saʻīd (سعید فلاحفر). ''The Dictionary of Iranian Traditional Architectural Terms (Farhang-i vāzhahʹhā-yi miʻmārī-i sunnatī-i Īrān فرهنگ واژههای معماری سنتی ایران)''. Kamyab Publications (انتشارات کامیاب). Kāvushʹpardāz. 2000, 2010. Tehran. US Library of Congress LCCN Permalink: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010342544 pp.44]
Gallery of samples
File:History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria (1903) (14584070300).jpg, Darius' Palace at Susa
The Palace of Darius in Susa was a palace complex that was built at the site of Susa, Iran, during the reign of Darius I over the Achaemenid Empire. The construction was conducted parallel to that of Persepolis. Manpower and raw materials from ...
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File:Gate of All Nations, Persepolis.jpg, Persepolis
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File:Pasargad audience hall.jpg, Pasargad
Pasargadae (from Old Persian ''Pāθra-gadā'', "protective club" or "strong club"; Modern Persian: ''Pāsārgād'') was the capital of the Achaemenid Empire under Cyrus the Great (559–530 BC), who ordered its construction and the location o ...
File:Naqsh-e rostam.JPG, Naqshe Rostam
Naqsh-e Rostam ( lit. mural of Rostam, fa, نقش رستم ) is an ancient archeological site and necropolis located about 12 km northwest of Persepolis, in Fars Province, Iran. A collection of ancient Iranian rock reliefs are cut into the ...
See also
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Iranian architecture
Iranian architecture or Persian architecture ( Persian: معمارى ایرانی, ''Memāri e Irāni'') is the architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia, the Caucasus and Central Asia. Its history dates back to at least 5,000 BC ...
References
{{Iranian Architecture
Architecture in Iran
Medes
Achaemenid architecture