Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Persepolis' has mentioned 'Iran' in the following places:
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| Persepolisxf0x90x8exb1xf0x90x8exa0xf0x90x8exbcxf0x90x8exbf Pxc4x81rsa (Old Persian) xd8xaaxd8xaexd8xaa xd8xacxd9x85xd8xb4xdbx8cxd8xaf Takht-e Jamshxc4xabd (Persian)Ruins of the Gate of All Nations, Persepolis.Shown within IranLocationMarvdasht, Fars Province, Iran[1]Coordinates29xc2xb056xe2x80xb204xe2x80xb3N 52xc2xb053xe2x80xb229xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf29.93444xc2xb0N 52.89139xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 29.93444; 52.89139Coordinates: 29xc2xb056xe2x80xb204xe2x80xb3N 52xc2xb053xe2x80xb229xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf29.93444xc2xb0N 52.89139xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 29.93444; 52.89139TypeSettlementHistoryBuilderDarius the Great, Xerxes the Great and Artaxerxes IMaterialLimestone, mud-brick, cedar woodFounded6th century BCPeriodsAchaemenid EmpireCulturesPersianEvents Battle of the Persian Gates Macedonian sack of Persepolis Nowruz The 2,500 Year Celebration of the Persian Empire Site notesConditionin ruinsManagementCultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of IranPublicxc2xa0accessopenArchitectureArchitectural stylesAchaemenid UNESCO World Heritage SiteOfficial namePersepolisTypeCulturalCriteriai, iii, viDesignated1979 (3rd session)Referencexc2xa0no.114State PartyIranRegionAsia-Pacific | WIKI |
| It is situated in the plains of Marvdasht, encircled by southern Zagros mountains of Iran. | WIKI |
| Until recent challenges, most archaeologists held that it was especially used for celebrating Nowruz, the Persian New Year, held at the spring equinox, and still an important annual festivity in modern Iran. | WIKI |
| Contents 1 Name 2 Geography 3 History 3.1 Destruction 3.2 After the fall of the Achaemenid Empire 4 Archaeological research 4.1 Architecture 5 Ruins and remains 5.1 Gate of All Nations 5.2 The Apadana Palace 5.2.1 Apadana Palace coin hoard 5.3 The Throne Hall 5.4 Other palaces and structures 5.5 Tombs 5.6 Ancient texts 6 Modern events 6.1 2,500-year celebration of the Persian Empire 6.2 The controversy of the Sivand Dam 7 Museums (outside Iran) that display material from Persepolis 8 General views 9 See also 10 Notes 11 References 12 Further reading 13 External links | WIKI |
| [21] Hakluyt's Voyages included a general account of the ruins of Persepolis attributed to an English merchant who visited Iran in 1568. | WIKI |
| In 1618, Garcxc3xada de Silva Figueroa, King Philip III of Spain's ambassador to the court of Abbas I, the Safavid monarch, was the first Western traveler to link the site known in Iran as "Chehel Minar" as the site known from Classical authors as Persepolis. | WIKI |
| [28] French influence and interest in Persia's archaeological findings continued after the accession of Reza Shah, when Andrxc3xa9 Godard became the first director of the archeological service of Iran. | WIKI |
| The tops of the columns were made from animal sculptures such as two-headed lions, eagles, human beings and cows (cows were symbols of fertility and abundance in ancient Iran). | WIKI |
| Despite 10 years of planning, Iran's Cultural Heritage Organization was not aware of the broad areas of flooding during much of this time,[48] and there is growing concern about the effects the dam will have on the surrounding areas of Persepolis. | WIKI |
| Museums (outside Iran) that display material from Persepolis[edit] | WIKI |
| [49] The largest collection of reliefs is at the British Museum, sourced from multiple British travellers who worked in Iran in the nineteenth century. | WIKI |
| A bas-relief of a soldier that had been looted from the excavations in 1935xe2x80x9336 and later purchased by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts was repatriated to Iran in 2018, after being offered for sale in London and New York. | WIKI |
| Persepolis, whose magnificent ruins rest at the foot of Kuh-e Rahmat (Mountain of Mercy) in south-western Iran, is among the worldxe2x80x99s greatest archaeological sites. | UNESCO |
| The inscribed World Heritage property, which is owned by the Government of Iran, and its buffer zone are under the legal protection and management of the Iranian Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (which is administered and funded by the Government of Iran). | UNESCO |
| Training and skills upgrading are offered by the office in cooperation with universities and scientific institutes in Iran and abroad. | UNESCO |