So much has been written about Persepolis either during the heydays
of the Achaemenid Empire or after Alexander’s
arrival at the palace when it burnt – intently or not – down to ashes.
I can only speak for myself, but I often find
it difficult to imagine what the Palace
of Persepolis
must have looked like with its many rooms and separate affectations. Thanks to
our computer era, there are finally tools to help my imagination and the most
effective one that I found is this 360 degrees view, linked to a clear floor
plan.
One can play with it for hours and have Alexander and his generals climb the stairways,
passing underneath porticos and gates, walking through the corridors and
courtyards, entering the Hall of One-Hundred Columns, the Apadana Palace, the
Palace of Darius, or the earlier
Palace of Xerxes, all the way to the
wealth of the Treasury.
I often wonder what impact such a place must
have had on Alexander, for whom the
luxuries of Macedonia and Athens were
peanuts compared to this lavish splendor!
Thank you for the wonderful link! I'm truly awed by the magnificence of the place!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for taking the time to comment. It would be great to visit Persepolis "live" one day soon, wouldn't it?
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