波斯波利斯

波斯波利斯，约2500年前由国王大流士（KingDariustheGreat）大帝建造，是阿契美尼德王朝的都城，被世人称为“天底下最富有的城市”。

Built some 2500 years ago by King Darius the Great , Persepolis was known as " the richest city under the sun " and the capital of the Achaemenid Empire .

奥地利和伊朗合作重建伊朗古城波斯波利斯。

Austria and Iran cooperate to restore ancient capital of Persepolis .

波斯波利斯幸存的帝国宫殿

Perspolis : The surviving Imperial Palace

伊朗中西南部一城市；古代波斯波利斯城的遗址就在附近。

Beacon Sites at the Yumen Pass and along the Great Wall a city in central southwestern Iran ; ruins of ancient Persepolis are nearby .

但在波斯波利斯，阿切曼尼王朝的中心地带的雕刻品上，法拉瓦哈达到最精致的地步，细微的地方也被雕刻得完美。

But it is in the carvings of Persepolis , center of the Achaemenid dynasty , that the Faravahar reaches its most elaborate and finely wrought perfection .

阿婆陀那大殿（Apadana），是波斯波利斯的正殿，也是整个宫殿建筑群的核心，它是帝王用来接见朝贡团的地方。

The Apadana , the centerpiece of the entire palace complex , was the chamber in which the emperor received envoys and ambassadors from all corners of his realm .

波斯波利斯这座城市如今已成了一片废墟，公元前330年被亚历山大大帝掠夺并烧毁，但在其鼎盛时期这个大都市远比其他城市繁荣富足。

The city of Persepolis currently lies in ruins , pillaged and burnt down by Alexander the Great in 330 BC , but back in its heyday this metropolis was like no other .