| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:UNESCO_World_Heritage_Site gptkb:archaeological_site
 
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                                | gptkbp:alsoKnownAs | gptkb:Persepolis 
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                                | gptkbp:annualVisitors | hundreds of thousands 
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                                | gptkbp:area | 125,000 square meters 
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                                | gptkbp:builtBy | gptkb:Artaxerxes_I gptkb:Darius_I
 gptkb:Xerxes_I
 
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                                | gptkbp:builtIn | circa 518 BC 
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                                | gptkbp:coordinates | 29.9356°N 52.8916°E 
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                                | gptkbp:depictedIn | Iranian banknotes Iranian stamps
 
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                                | gptkbp:destroyedBy | gptkb:Alexander_the_Great 330 BC
 
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                                | gptkbp:distanceFromShiraz | 60 km northeast 
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                                | gptkbp:elevation | 70 meters 
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                                | gptkbp:excavatedBy | gptkb:Erich_Schmidt gptkb:Ernst_Herzfeld
 1931
 1939
 
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                                | gptkbp:features | gptkb:Hadish_Palace gptkb:Tomb_of_Artaxerxes_III
 gptkb:Apadana_Palace
 gptkb:Gate_of_All_Nations
 gptkb:Tachara_Palace
 gptkb:Council_Hall
 Columns
 Reliefs
 Staircases
 
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                                | gptkbp:function | ceremonial capital 
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                                | gptkbp:inscriptionLanguage | gptkb:Aramaic gptkb:Assyrian
 Akkadian
 Babylonian
 Old Persian
 
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                                | gptkbp:locatedIn | gptkb:Iran gptkb:Fars_Province
 
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                                | gptkbp:mainEmpires | gptkb:Achaemenid_Empire 
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                                | gptkbp:material | gptkb:limestone gptkb:wood
 mud-brick
 precious metals
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableEvent | gptkb:Nowruz_celebrations 
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                                | gptkbp:openToPublic | yes 
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                                | gptkbp:significance | symbol of Persian Empire 
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                                | gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite | 1979 114
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Persepolis 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 6 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Takht-e Jamshid 
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