Hi all this is my reconstruction of the main palace hall of the Persian kings at persepolis. This is part of a bigger project I'm working on but I thought I could share this hall as a standalone in the meantime.


The Apadana was the largest building on the Terrace at Persepolis. It was most likely the main hall of the kings. The columns reached 20m high and had complex capitals in the shape of bulls or lions.
Here, the great king received the tribute from all the nations in the Achaemenid Empire and gave presents in return.



Access to the hall is given by two monumental stairways, on the north and on the east. These are decorated by reliefs, showing delegates of the 23 subject nations of the Persian Empire paying tribute to Darius I, who is represented seated centrally. The various delegates are shown in great detail, giving insight into the costume and equipment of the various peoples of Persia in the 5th century BC. There are inscriptions in Old Persian and Elamite.


Feel free to use this build just give me credit for building it thanks!