Apadana Castle Shush

Ruins of one of the great cities of the ancient world

The major feature visible is the excavated ruins of the Apadana of Darius I. Sadly, only column bases and protected mud-brick walls survive of the palace, although some broken architectural fragments ...

The Apadana Palace

The Apadana Palace of Shush was the winter palace of the Achaemenid Kings and the main palace of Darius I. This palace was built on the orders of the great Achaemenid king of the years 515_521 BC in S...

The ruins are more impressive than they seem at first sight

make sure you don't judge the place by what you see from the outside. You have to walk through the area in the light to make sure you can see the details of the columns and the statues. While most of ...

Almost nothing left from one of the greatest cities of ancient Persia.

Only the foundations of the palace of Darius I are to be seen on the tell of the apadana. Near to the site a small museum exhibits some nice objects like a giant bull-head capital and some clay mask...

Некогда величественный дворец

Величественный дворец персидского царя Дария I-го Великого, некогда в свои времена был красив, особенно когда столицей империи был город Сузы (здесь называют Акрополь). Сейчас от него остался один лиш...