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Persepolis (Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 Pārsa, Takht-e Jamshid or Chehel Minar) was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire (ca. 550-330 BCE). Persepolis is situated 70 km northeast of the modern city of Shiraz in the Fars Province of modern Iran. In contemporary Persian, the site is known as Takht-e Jamshid (Throne of Jamshid). The earliest remains of Persepolis date from around 515 BCE. To the ancient Persians, the city was known as Pārsa, which means "The City of Persians". Persepolis is a transliteration of the Greek Πέρσης πόλις (Persēs polis: "Persian city").

UNESCO declared the citadel of Persepolis a World Heritage Site in 1979.

Persepolis Video

A cover of the Survivor song "Eye of the Tiger" from the French film Persepolis.
1.07 min. | 4.49 user rating		 An unofficial clip i made,based on scenes from Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis..a magnificent movie and a magnificent song from 22y old greek song-maker Monika..
4.35 min. | 4.91 user rating		 Persepolis is the poignant story of a young girl in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. It is through the eyes of precocious and outspoken nine year old Marjane that we see a people's hopes dashed as fundamentalists take power - forcing the veil on women and imprisoning thousands. Clever and fearless, she outsmarts the "social guardians" and discovers punk, ABBA and Iron Maiden. Yet when her uncle is senselessly executed and as bombs fall around Tehran in the Iran/Iraq war, the daily fear that permeates life in Iran is palpable. As she gets older, Marjane's boldness causes her parents to worry over her continued safety. And so, at age fourteen, they make the difficult decision to send her to school in Austria. Vulnerable and alone in a strange land, she endures the typical ordeals of a teenager. In addition, Marjane has to combat being equated with the religious fundamentalism and extremism she fled her country to escape. Over time, she gains acceptance, and even experiences love, but after high school she finds herself alone and horribly homesick. Though it means putting on the veil and living in a tyrannical society, Marjane decides to return to Iran to be close to her family. After a difficult period of adjustment, she enters art school and marries, all the while continuing to speak out against the hypocrisy she witnesses. At age 24, she realizes that while she is deeply Iranian, she cannot live in Iran. She then makes the heartbreaking decision to leave her homeland <b>...</b>
2.22 min. | 4.76 user rating		 Song www.megaupload.com
3.47 min. | 4.84 user rating		 Premier teaser de Persepolis : dessin animé de Marjane Satrapi et Vincent Paronnaud. Adaptation de la bande dessinée éponyme de Marjane Satrapi (éditée par l'Association) - Selection Officielle de Cannes 2007 www.myspace.com www.wartmag.com
0.78 min. | 4.80 user rating
www.peyman.org Marjan Satrapi, auteur de la bande dessinée Persepolis invitée à une émission.
3.22 min. | 4.49 user rating		 In Persepolis, we met four young Iranian men who asked us about gay people in America.
9.32 min. | 4.45 user rating		 Loppuasukas albumi voitti 40000 ⬠Teosto-palkinnon!
4.92 min. | 4.85 user rating		 The second trailer for one of the best animated movies ever made. Nominated for Best animated Picture at the 80th Academy awards but lost against Ratatouille =( But with or without an Oscar, Persepolis is already a winner. Becasue it did what is unthinkable in western animation: an intelligent, fun, charming animated movie for adults that makes you think, cry and yet feel good. It touches polemic subjects (how religions and politcis destroy the lives of innocent people) without losing it sense of humor and it's smart dialogues.
1.68 min. | 4.78 user rating		 film « Persépolis » de Marjane Satrapi et Vincent Paronnaud doublé en dialecte tunisien ÙÙتابعة جÙÙع اÙبراÙج تابعÙا عÙ٠صÙحة تÙ.Ø£Ù ÙÙدÙا عÙÙ Ùذا اÙرابط www.facebook.com/TnMedias أ٠عÙÙ ÙÙÙعÙا اÙرسÙÙ tn-medias.com
26.67 min. | 3.17 user rating

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World Heritage Sites in Iran

The Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran (Saint Thaddeus Monastery and Saint Stepanos Monastery) * Bam and its Cultural Landscape * Behistun (Bistoun) * Chogha Zanbil * Naqsh-e Jahan Square, Esfahan * Pasargadae * Persepolis (Takht-e-Jamshid) * Soltaniyeh * Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System * Takht-i-Suleiman (Takht-e Soleyman)

Architecture of Persia and Iran

ElementsBazaars * The Persian Garden (hayāt) * Windcatchers * Shabestan * Kucheh * Talar * Iwan * Howz * Panjdari * Hashti * Andaruni * Biruni (Persian architecture) * Dalan e Vorudi * Qanat * Kariz * Gonbad * Ab anbar * Yakhchal * Caravanserais * Robats * Burj * Khaneqah * Tekyeh * Sahn * Imamzadeh * Mosques
Notable traditional citiesArchitecture of Tehran * Bam * Bukhara * Ctesiphon, Derbent * Herat * Isfahan * Kashan * Merv * Mashad * Persepolis * Qazvin * Qom * Samarkand * Shahrisabz * Shiraz * Susa * Tabriz * Takht-i-Suleiman (Takht-e Soleyman) * Yazd * Gur-e Amir
History and theoryTraditional Persian residential architecture * Traditional water sources of Persian antiquity * Islamic architecture * Sassanid architecture * Pre-Parsi style * Parsi style * Parthian style * Khorasani style * Razi style * Azari style * Isfahani style
ListsList of ab anbars of Qazvin * List of historical Iranian architects * List of mosques * Args, Castles, and Ghal'ehs * List of Ziyarat-gahs

Fars Province, Iran

CapitalShiraz |
CountiesAbadeh * Arsanjan * Bavanat * Darab * Eqlid * Estahban * Farashband * Fasa * Firuzabad * Jahrom * Kazerun * Khonj * Khorrambid * Lamerd * Larestan * Mamasani * Marvdasht * Mohr * Neyriz * Pasargad * Qir-o-Karzin * Rostam * Sarvestan * Sepidan * Shiraz * Zarrindasht |
CitiesAbadeh * Abadehtashk * Alamarvdasht * Ahal * Ardakan * Arsanjan * Asir * Babanar * Bahman * Banaroyeh * Baladeh * Bayram * Bayza * Darab * Dariyan * Dehram * Efzar * Eqleed * Eshkanan * Estahban * Eyj * Evaz * Fasa * Fathabad * Farashband * Firouzabad * Galledar * Gerash * Ghaderabad * Ghayemiyeh * Ghir * Ghotbabad * Hajiabad * Izadkhast * Jahrum * Jannatshahr * Jovaym * Kareye * Kamfiruz * Kazerun * Kenartakhteh * Khavaran * Kherameh * Khesht * Khonj * Khour * Kouvar * Lamerd * Lapoyi * Lar * Latifi * Marvdasht * Maymand * Mohr * Moshkan * Mosiri * Neyriz * Nodane * Nojin * Nurabad * Ramjerd * Roniz * Saadatshahr * Safashahr * Saghad * Sarvestan * Shahrpir * Shehdeh * Shiraz * Sormagh * Sedeh * Seyeddan * Surian * Varavi * Zahedshar * Zarghan |
LandmarksAfif-Abad Garden * Amir's dam * Arg of Karim Khan * Barmdelak lagoon * Bishapur * Delgosha Garden * Eram Garden * Estakhr * Ghal'eh Dokhtar * Ka'ba-ye Zartosht * Kazerun fire temple * Lake Parishan * Naqsh-e Rajab * Naqsh-e Rustam * Palace of Ardashir * Pars museum * Pasargadae * Persepolis * Qavam House * Qur'an Gate * Saadi's mausoleum * Sarvestan Sassanian palace * Shah Cheragh * Tangeh Bolaghi * Hāfezieh * Tounbbot * Vakil Bath * Vakil Bazaar * Vakil Mosque |



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