Shamsabad-e Takht
Shamsabad-e Takht is a village in Mohammadabad Rural District, in the Central District of Marvdasht County, Fars province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 699, in 183 families.- Type: Locality
- Description: village in Iran
- Also known as: “Shamsābād-e Takht”, “Shamsabad-e Takht-e Jamshid”, and “Shamsābād-e Takht-e Jamshīd”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Persepolis and Tall-e Bakun.
Persepolis
Photo: Bernd81, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Persepolis is a historical site 60 km north of Shiraz, in Fars province. It was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire, inscribed in the UNESCO list in 1979.
Tall-e Bakun
Archaeological site
Tall-e Bakun or Tall-i Bakun is a prehistoric site located in Fars province, Iran. It is an ancient Ancient Near Eastern site about 3 kilometers south of Persepolis in the Kor River basin.
The Gate of All Nations
Ruins
Photo: Alborzagros, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Gate of All Nations, also known as the Gate of Xerxes, is located in the ruins of the ancient city of Persepolis, Iran. The construction of the Stairs of All Nations and the Gate of All Nations was ordered by the Achaemenid king Xerxes I, the successor of the founder of Persepolis, Darius I the Great. The Gate of All Nations is situated 3½ km northwest of Shamsabad-e Takht.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kenareh.
Kenareh
Village
Kenareh is a village in, and the capital of, Kenareh Rural District of the Central District of Marvdasht County, Fars province, Iran. Kenareh is situated 4 km west of Shamsabad-e Takht.
Shamsabad-e Takht
- Category: village
- Location: Fars, Central Iran, Iran, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Chechen to Persian—“Shamsabad-e Takht” goes by many names.
- Chechen: “Шамсабад-е Тахт”
- Chinese: “Shamsabad-e Takht”
- Dutch: “Shamsabad-e Takht”
- Egyptian Arabic: “شمسآباد تخت”
- Malay: “Shamsabad-e Takht”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Shamsabad-e Takht”
- Persian: “شمس آباد تخت جمشید”
- Persian: “شمس آباد تخت”
- Persian: “شمسآباد تخت”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Qadamgāh-e Kheẕr-e Nabī and Qal‘eh-ye Qahvandeh.
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