Gate of All Nations

Gate of All Nations
View of the Gate of All Nations palace
Religion
Province	Fars province
Region	70 km northeast of the modern city of Shiraz in the Fars Province of modern Iran
Location
Location	Persepolis, Marvdasht, Iran
Municipality	Marvdasht
State	Marvdasht
Sector	Persepolis
Territory	Iran
Geographic coordinates	29.934444°N 52.891389°E / 29.934444; 52.891389
Architecture
Type	Achaemenid architecture
Materials	stone
Website
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/114

The Gate of All Nations (Old Persian: 𐎯𐎢𐎺𐎼𐎰𐎡𐎶𐏐𐎻𐎡𐎿𐎭𐏃𐎹𐎢𐎶 duvarthim visadahyum), 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 (486–465 BC), the successor of the founder of Persepolis, Darius I the Great.

Building

It is from an inscription in the gate, known as the XPa inscription, that the building is known as the Gate of All Nations, constructed under the reign of Xerxes I.

Gallery

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  View of front
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  View with visitors
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  Closeup of a Lamassu on the Gate
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External links

• Media related to Gate of All Nations at Wikimedia Commons
• Gate of Xerxes Archived 2012-07-30 at the Wayback Machine
• The Gate of All Nations at Wikimapia
• The Grand Stairway and the Gate of All Nations
• Shiraz Persepolis
• Persepolis: Gate of All Nations Archived 2016-11-19 at the Wayback Machine