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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°56′04″N 52°53′29″E / 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

• View of front
• View with visitors
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• Closeup of a Lamassu on the Gate
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References

1. "Gate of All Nations". Archived from the original on 2014-03-07. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
2. "Persepolis, Gate of All Nations - Livius". www.livius.org. 24 September 2020 . Retrieved 28 August 2023.

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

v t e Iranian architecture
Periods	Pre-Islamic Achaemenid Parthian style Sasanian Islamic Early Islamic Seljuk Ilkhanid Timurid Safavid
Types	Bazaars Caravanserais Khaneqah Mosques Takyeh
Elements	Ab anbar Andaruni Biruni Burj Chahartaq Dalan e Vorudi Gonbad Hashti Howz Imamzadeh Iwan Kariz Kucheh Panjdari Persian Garden (hayāt) Qanat Sahn Shabestan Talar Windcatchers Yakhchāl
Traditional cities	Amol Andijan Baku Bam Bukhara Ctesiphon Derbent Ganja Gur-e-Amir Hatra Herat Isfahan Kashan Kashmar Khiva Khorramabad Mashhad Merv Nakhchivan Nishapur Persepolis Qazvin Qom Samarkand Shahrisabz Shiraz Susa Tabriz Takht-e Soleymān Tehran Yazd
Theory and analysis	Islamic architecture Traditional Persian residential architecture Traditional water sources of Persian antiquity
Lists	Architects of Iran Args, castles, and ghal'ehs List of ab anbars of Qazvin List of mosques List of ziyarat-gahs

v t e Fars province, Iran
Capital	Shiraz
Counties and cities	Abadeh County Abadeh Bahman Izadkhvast Soghad Surmaq Bakhtegan County Abadeh Tashk Arsanjan County Arsanjan Beyza County Beyza Bavanat County Surian Chenar Shahijan County Qaemiyeh Darab County Darab Jannat Shahr Eqlid County Eqlid Sedeh Estahban County Estahban Ij Runiz Evaz County Evaz Bidshahr Fishvar Farashband County Farashband Dehram Nujin Fasa County Fasa Now Bandegan Sheshdeh Zahedshahr Firuzabad County Firuzabad Meymand Gerash County Gerash Arad Jahrom County Jahrom Duzeh Qotbabad Kavar County Kavar Kazerun County Kazerun Baladeh Khesht Konartakhteh Nowdan Kharameh County Kharameh Khonj County Khonj Khorrambid County Safashahr Qaderabad Lamerd County Lamerd Ahel Alamarvdasht Eshkanan Chah Varz Larestan County Lar Beyram Banaruiyeh Juyom Khur Latifi Mamasani County Nurabad Khumeh Zar Marvdasht County Marvdasht Kamfiruz Ramjerd Seyyedan Mohr County Mohr Asir Galleh Dar Varavi Neyriz County Neyriz Meshkan Qatruyeh Pasargad County Saadat Shahr Qir and Karzin County Qir Efzar Karzin Rostam County Masiri Sarchehan County Korehi Sarvestan County Sarvestan Sepidan County Ardakan Hamashahr Zarqan County Lapui Zarqan Shiraz County Shiraz Darian Zarrin Dasht County Hajjiabad Dowbaran Shahr-e Pir Khafr County Bab Anar Khavaran
Landmarks	Afif-Abad Garden Amir's dam Arg of Karim Khan Barmdelak lagoon Bishapur Delgosha Garden Eram Garden Nazar Garden Istakhr Ghal'eh Dokhtar Ka'ba-ye Zartosht Kazerun fire temple Lake Parishan Naqsh-e Rajab Naqsh-e Rustam Palace of Ardashir Sangtarashan cave Pars Museum Pasargadae Persepolis Qavam House Qur'an Gate Saadi's mausoleum Sarvestan Sassanian palace Shah Cheragh Colossal Statue of Shapur I in Shapur cave Tangeh Bolaghi Tomb of Ali ibn Hamzah, Shiraz Hāfezieh Tomb of Seyed Alaeddin Husayn Tounbbot Vakil Bath Vakil Bazaar Vakil Mosque
Populated places	List of cities, towns and villages in Fars Province

v t e Persepolis
Palace	Tachara Gate of All Nations Apadana
Other sections	Tomb of Artaxerxes III
Builders	Darius the Great Xerxes I Artaxerxes I
Researchers	Heidemarie Koch Erich Schmidt Alireza Shapour Shahbazi
Related	Tangeh Bolaghi 2,500-year celebration of the Persian Empire Sivand Dam Persepolis Administrative Archives Waterskin Achaemenid architecture
Category:Persepolis

v t e World Heritage Sites in Iran
List of World Heritage Sites in Iran
Cultural	The Armenian Monastic Ensembles St. Thaddeus Monastery St. Stepanos Monastery Chapel of Dzordzor Chapel of Chupan Church of the Holy Mother of God Bam and its cultural landscape Behistun Chogha Zanbil Cultural landscape of Maymand Golestan Palace Gonbad-e Qabus Jameh Mosque of Isfahan Naqsh-e Jahan Square Pasargadae Persepolis The Persian gardens Pasargadae Chehel Sotoun Fin Eram Shazdeh Dolatabad Abbasabad Akbarieh Pahlevanpour Shahr-e Sukhteh Sheikh Safi's Tomb Dome of Soltaniyeh Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System Susa Bazaar of Tabriz Takht-e Soleymān The Persian Qanat Ghasabeh Baladeh Zarch Hassan Abad Moshir Goharriz Akbarabad Ghasemabad Moun Vazvan Mozdabad Ebrahimabad Historic city of Yazd Sassanid Archaeological Landscape of Fars Region Qal'eh Dokhtar Ardashir Investiture Relief Victory Relief of Ardashir Ardashir Khurreh Palace of Ardashir City of Bishapur Colossal Statue of Shapur I Shapur cave Sarvestan Palace Trans-Iranian Railway Cultural Landscape of Uramanat The Persian Caravanserai
Natural	Lut Desert Hyrcanian Forests

• Persepolis
• Xerxes I