Which city in Iran has a history of more than 2500 years?

When traveling in Iran, Shiraz will always be a city where tourists must punch in. After all, it has the pink mosque in China's mind, and it is the most online celebrity. However, I personally prefer the monuments in Persepolis to the pink mosque in internet celebrities. Perhaps many people think this name is a bit awkward to read, but it has almost become a landmark building in Iran and once almost represented the glory of the Persian Empire here. Today, it still has a profound position in the minds of Iranians. Iranian airlines and Iranian tourist videos often take Persepolis as a landmark attraction.

It can be seen that Persepolis is indeed a must-see attraction, but compared with the pink mosque, there are relatively few tourists coming here, and because it is farther from the city and surrounded by desert edges, it looks more peaceful and mysterious.

When it comes to Persepolis, it is inevitable to mention Darius I, the "king of kings". In 520 BC, he presided over the construction of this ancient city, the main purpose of which was to accept sacrifices from all ethnic groups, that is, all vassal States or other countries offered sacrifices to Persia here.

The entire ancient city of Persepolis took 70 years to build, and experienced three dynasties: Darius I, Xerxes I and Ata Xerxes I. Even though there is only ruins left, we can still see its once brilliant scale and huge scenes.

However, no one expected that just over 200 years after the completion of Persepolis, Alexander the Great attacked Persia and destroyed this splendid capital. Since then, a unique building that took 70 years to build has been destroyed.

It cost almost RMB 10 to buy tickets, and 2,500 trees were planted on both sides of a spacious square to celebrate the 2500-year founding of Persia.

After crossing the avenue with trees on both sides, you can see a huge stone foundation at the end of the road, and a group of steps are piled up by huge stones on both sides. Each step is neither wide nor spectacular, but the reliefs on both sides are exquisite. We can see the prosperity of the Persian Empire, with 35 vassal states and 23 nationalities paying tribute to the Persian emperor.

After boarding the stylobate, you will find a huge "Wanguomen", the so-called "Wanguomen" is the place where nobles and foreign envoys from various countries waited before to sacrifice to the Persian emperor. "Wanguomen" is as high as 18 meters, and there are two old customers with eagle wings at the entrance. Why use cows? It is said that the ancient Persians regarded cows as the strongest animals, so you will find many cows in the ruins of Persepolis. The original Wanguomen was very spectacular, consisting of a hall, a foyer and 72 stone pillars. The top of the stone pillar was carved by a bull, and the height of the stone pillar was about 2 1 meter. At present, there are only 13 stone pillars left.

After crossing the "Wanguomen", we entered the "March Road". After crossing the "March Road", you will see the most exquisite palace in Persepolis, namely the Fatana Hall. As a hall that used to hold 65,438+/kloc-0,000,000 people at the same time, even after the war, many exquisite reliefs were preserved, most of which reflected the tribute scenes of the Persian Empire, which was magnificent.