Apadana
Hall in Persepolis, Iran / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the Pali texts, see Apadāna.
Further information: Achaemenid architecture
Apadana (Old Persian: 𐎠𐎱𐎭𐎠𐎴, [apəˈdänə] or [äpəˈdänə]) is a large hypostyle hall in Persepolis, Iran. It belongs to the oldest building phase of the city of Persepolis, in the first half of the 6th century BC, as part of the original design by Darius the Great. Its construction was completed by Xerxes I. Modern scholarship "demonstrates the metaphorical nature of the Apadana reliefs as idealised social orders".[1]