Unfinished Gate

Iran / Fars / Marv Dasht /
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The Unfinished gate was located at the end of Army road. Construction was probably started by king Artaxerxes III Ochus (358-338), and continued by his successors Artaxerxes IV Arses (338-336) and Darius III Codomannus (336-330).

If it had been finished, visitors would have entered Persepolis through the Gate of all nations, would have proceeded through the Army road, crossed this gate, and had reached the Hall of hundred columns.

Today, hardly anything survives, except for one pair of unfinished lamassu in the south (a lamassu is a bull with the head of a bearded man).

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Coordinates:   29°56'10"N   52°53'26"E
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