Persepolis-Apadana Palace
(Apadana palace) Or Darius Bar Palace of Xerxes, one of the inner palaces (Persepolis) Is. This palace consists of a central quadrangular hall with 36 columns and three porches in the north, east and west directions. (each with 12 column) and four towers in the four outer corners of the hall and a series of guard rooms located in the south of it. The construction of Apadana Palace was started by Darius the Great and completed during Xerxes.
The level of this palace is about three meters from the floor of the Apadana courtyard and the floor of the gate of all countries(Gate of All Nations) Made taller.
The Apadana palace of Takht Jamshid rests on the rock of the mountain in most parts. To enter this palace, two double-sided staircases have been made, one on the north side attached to the north porch and one on the east side and connected to the east porch.. The walls of these stairs and their fronts are decorated with magnificent patterns and inscriptions. From 72 The pillar that once supported the roof of Apadana and its porches, today alone 14 The standing number is one of them (In the northeast of the east porch) It has been restored. But according to the narratives of European tourists and the paintings they drew from Persepolis, it can be concluded that in the year 1619 Milliday yet 20 The column has been erected and this number in the years 1627 AD to 19, in 1677 AD to 18, in 1694 AD 17, in 1787 AD 15 And in the year 1841 AD to 13 The number has decreased since that date, no more columns have collapsed.
According to the opinions of archaeologists and tourists, the largest and most magnificent palace was Darius Apadana, which was built around 515 Begun in BC and took thirty years to complete, the central hall of the square Apadana (60/5Meters in 60/5) is and 6 column row 6 Its ceiling height is over 20 The meter has been maintained. The sum of the columns of the three Apadana porches 36 In addition, there are 72 columns in the hall, and the same situation can be seen in the Apadana palace of Darius in Susa.. The size of the central hall of Apadana has been such that the reception capacity of 10000 have a guest. The columns of the central hall of Apadana are the same in height and design as the columns of the north porch, that is, each column is composed of the head of a cow and a flower and a bush below it, and a grooved cylindrical stem, and only the shape of the bottom of the column is different, that is, instead of a bell It consists of two pieces of cube-shaped stone, the smaller stone on top of the larger stone (Total height 155 centimeter) has been established. The wide and heavy roof of the hall is based on heavy timbers, made of cedar or cedar wood, and in order to prevent the rain from ruining the roof, inside the clay walls, vertical channels are made with bricks and bituminous mortar, which direct the rainwater to the underground channels, which It has passed under Apadana, it has delivered. The walls of the central hall of Apadana are all wide 5/32 meters and was made of raw clay. The size of the bricks 33 At 33 And with thickness 13 cm and glued together with mud and lime mortar, a layer of mud and plaster on the walls, wide 5 cm and covered with a layer of gray-green plaster.
The color of the walls of the palaces is the same everywhere, and in all parts of Apadana, the floor is covered with plaster and mud mortar, as thick as 3 until the 5 centimeter and covered with a carpet of green-gray plaster. The central hall of Apadana is connected to the western and eastern porches through two similar gates.. The walls of this part were made of clay and brick. The floor of the double portals located in the northern wall were considered the main entrances of the palace, and part of their walls were made of stone..
No relief motifs have been found here. The doors are approx 15 It has a long meter, it is most likely to be made with two wings and equipped with smaller doors. They are probably made of cypress or cedar wood and covered with gold
