Persepolis is situated 60 km northeast of city of Shiraz in Fars Province in Iran. The earliest remains of Persepolis date back to 515 BCE. It exemplifies the Achaemenid style of architecture.UNESCO declared the ruins of Persepolis a World Heritage Site in 1979.he English word Persepolis is derived from the Greek Persepolis (PERSéPOLIS), περσέπολις compound Of (PERSēS) pérsēs πέρσης (and), polis Pólis πόλις. Meaning persian City, in modern persian the site Is-known As (takht e, Jamshid تخت جمشید The ), throne Of jamshid (and chehel, Minar چهل منار/The). forty columns minarets