History with Cy | The Apadana at Persepolis, Ceremonial Capital of the Achaemenids @HistorywithCy | Uploaded 3 months ago | Updated 2 hours ago
Of all of Persepolis’ buildings, the Apadana was the largest and probably the most impressive during its day.
The Apadana’s gigantic main hall, which could fit up to 10,000 people, consisted of 36 columns and three porticos of 12 columns each on its northern, western and eastern sides – thus, 72 columns in all. Today, only 14 of them are still standing, one of these actually being reassembled and restored in the 1970s. Each column was nearly 20 meters high and had double-headed bull capitals at their summit, the exception being the columns on the eastern portico whose capitals featured double-headed lions. They all once held up the Apadana’s roof which was the size of a football field.
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Of all of Persepolis’ buildings, the Apadana was the largest and probably the most impressive during its day.
The Apadana’s gigantic main hall, which could fit up to 10,000 people, consisted of 36 columns and three porticos of 12 columns each on its northern, western and eastern sides – thus, 72 columns in all. Today, only 14 of them are still standing, one of these actually being reassembled and restored in the 1970s. Each column was nearly 20 meters high and had double-headed bull capitals at their summit, the exception being the columns on the eastern portico whose capitals featured double-headed lions. They all once held up the Apadana’s roof which was the size of a football field.
#persepolis #ancienthistory #iran
