Palace Of Persepolis Roof

It exemplifies the achaemenid style of architecture.

Palace of persepolis roof.

Persepolis is one of the most important ancient monumental buildings in the world which unfortunately was burned by macedonian alexander arson in 330 b c and its great and beautiful timber roof. In fact this type of building is much older than persepolis. The splendor of persepolis however was short lived. It was completed after his death in 486 by his son and successor xerxes as we can read in an inscription he left behind.

A comparison to a safavid palace the chehel sotun in isfahan may be helpful. This is called the shura palace or the central hall. 550 330 bc it is situated 60 kilometres 37 mi northeast of the city of shiraz in fars province iran the earliest remains of persepolis date back to 515 bc. Probably the king is here to discuss with elders.

Darius the great started work on this building around 515bc. The palaces were looted and burned by. Palace was used for official audiences and could host up to 10 000 people. The magnificent palace complex at persepolis was founded by darius the great around 518 b c although more than a century passed before it was finally completed.

Persepolis persepolis history. Though archaeologists have discovered evidence of prehistoric settlement inscriptions indicate that construction of the city began under darius i who as a member of a new branch of the royal house made persepolis the capital of persia proper replacing pasargadae the burial place of cyrus ii the great. Built in a remote and mountainous region. The apadana of persepolis had a similar roof although the columns were made of stone.

View from the south. We may think of median sites like godin tepe and tepe nush e jan and cyrus audience hall palace s in pasargadae. Another palace of persepolis is the shura s palace. This place was used for the official audience of the king the apadana palace is one of the oldest building in persepolis.

This explains why the palace caught fire when alexander the great set it aflame. Unesco declared the ruins of persepolis a. Grand hall of the palace was 60 by 60 m large with 72 ornate columns each 19 m high 13 remain standing. The seventy two columns which supported the roof 6 6 inside the hall the remainder in three porticoes were twenty five meters high.

The hundred column palace is one of the palaces of persepolis with an area of 46 000 square meters and a ceiling of 100 columns each 14 meters high. The second picture from the left is chipiez s drawing of the columns their capital ornation and roof structure of the palace of darius in persepolis also known as tachar it has bull details as well as the use of wood in construction of the roof. Persepolis p ər ˈ s ɛ p ə l ɪ s old persian.

The greatest palace in persepolis built by darius i and xerxes i in 515 475 bc.