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Hall of the Hundred Columns

ruins, Persepolis, Iran

Also known as: Throne Hall

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architecture of Achaemenian dynasty

In Iranian art and architecture: Architecture
Next comes the Throne Hall, or Hall of a Hundred Columns. It has a portico on the north side with 16 pillars and guardian bulls built into the tower walls at either end. Seven sculptured windows in the north wall are balanced by corresponding niches elsewhere, and the…
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construction by Xerxes I

In Xerxes I: Withdrawal to Persia of Xerxes I
…also undertook construction of the Hall of a Hundred Columns, or Throne Room, but he was able to finish only the paving and the base of the walls (the walls themselves and the decoration of this gigantic hypostyle hall were the work of Artaxerxes I). These buildings marked an evolution…
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