The Gate of All Nations ( ), also known as the Gate of Xerxes, is located in the ruins of the ancient city of
Persepolis
Persepolis (; ; ) was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire (). It is situated in the plains of Marvdasht, encircled by the southern Zagros mountains, Fars province of Iran. It is one of the key Iranian cultural heritage sites and ...
, Iran.
The construction of the Stairs of All Nations and the Gate of All Nations was ordered by the
Achaemenid
The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire, also known as the Persian Empire or First Persian Empire (; , , ), was an Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC. Based in modern-day Iran, it was the large ...
king
Xerxes I
Xerxes I ( – August 465 BC), commonly known as Xerxes the Great, was a List of monarchs of Persia, Persian ruler who served as the fourth King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 486 BC until his assassination in 465 BC. He was ...
(486–465 BCE), the successor of the founder of Persepolis,
Darius I the Great.
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.
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
''Lama'', ''Lamma'', or ''Lamassu'' (Cuneiform: , ; Sumerian language, Sumerian: lammař; later in Akkadian language, Akkadian: ''lamassu''; sometimes called a ''lamassuse'') is an Mesopotamia, Assyrian protective deity.
Initially depicted as ...
on the Gate
File:Persepolis 24.11.2009 13-10-33.jpg,
References
External links
*
Gate of Xerxes
The Gate of All Nations at Wikimapia*
{{World Heritage Sites in Iran
Persepolis
Xerxes I