This video generally discusses the mixture of architecture, art and the magic of beauty of Persepolis. Various scenes Persepolis are added in this video with a speaker that explains the places and the architectures. They mentioned area that Persepolis occupied from the entire Persia, and how long did I take till they finally completed building Persepolis since it started from the days of Darius till Xerxes who helped developing the city and completing the role of building the city. Moreover, this video mentioned the type of stones they used for architecture, which was the lime stone that was brought from different places. According to the walls and flours, glossy bricks were used to cover them in artificial method; also gold and silver were used to decorate the doors of the palaces. Persepolis had to wings located in different sides of the city; the western wing had the entrance stairs that had 110 steps on each side. In addition, some parts of the video were about the Gates of nations and what special events occurred there plus the materials they were made of. The Apadana palace as mentioned in the video is located to the south of Gates of nations, and stated to be the highest palace in Persepolis. Other useful information about Persepolis were mentioned in this video, like how the halls were later connected by Xerxes and the high columns.
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