Pasargadae

Fars Province · Iran

Pasargadae, Iran
Photo: Soheil Callage, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
March to May
Budget
$
Coordinates
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The first capital of the Achaemenid Empire holds the simple stepped tomb of Cyrus the Great on an open plain. Scattered palaces and gardens mark one of the earliest imperial capitals of Persia.

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