Cyrus Plans the Palace at Pasargadae (560 BCE)

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Pasargadae (from Pāθra-gadā, lit. 'protective club' or 'strong club'; Persian: پاسارگاد, romanized: Pāsārgād) was the capital of the Achaemenid Empire under Cyrus the Great (559–530 BC), located just north of the town of Madar-e-Soleyman and about 90 kilometres (56 mi) to the northeast of the city of Shiraz. It is one of Iran's UNESCO World Heritage Sites. It is considered to be the location of the Tomb of Cyrus, a tomb previously attributed to Madar-e-Soleyman, the "Mother of Solomon".

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Pasargadae, Marv Dasht, near Shiraz - 4-8-2013Soheil CallageCC BY-SA 4.0 Wikimedia Commons

Pasargadae. Tomb of Cyrus the GreatCatholic University of LeuvenPublic domain Europeana

Grabmal des Kyros II. (Cyrus) [in Pasargadae]State Archives of Baden-WürttembergCC BY 3.0 Europeana

Graf van Cyrus van een afstand gezien, Pasargadae, PerziëRijksmuseumPublic domain Europeana

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Cyrus the Great · 600 BCE – 530 BCE

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