Persopolis

Persepolis was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire (ca. 550–330 BC). It is situated 60 km northeast of the city of Shiraz in Fars Province, Iran. The earliest remains of Persepolis date back to 515 BC. It exemplifies the Achaemenid style of architecture. UNESCO declared the ruins of Persepolis a World Heritage Site in 1979.

The English word Persepolis is derived from Greek Persépolis (), a compound of Pérsēs (Πέρσης) and pólis (πόλις), meaning "the Persian city" or "the City of the Persians".

To the ancient Persians, the city was known as Pārsa (Old Persian: ), which is also the word for "Persia" (more accurately, the region of Persis).

Due to the belief among Late Antiquity Persians that the monuments were built by Jamshid, an Iranian mythological figure, the site has been known as Takht-e-Jamshid (Persian: ‎‎ Taxt e Jamšīd, [ˌtʰæxtʰed͡ʒæmˈʃiːd], literally "Throne of Jamshid") since the time of the Sasanian period (224–651 AD).

Another modern Persian name for the site was Chel Menar (چهل منار), also transliterated as Chehel Menar and Chilminar, which means "having many columns".