Iran's Column - City of Buenos Aires

It is a replica of one of the columns of Cyrus II’s Palace in Persepolis, who ruled Persia in the VI century (b.C). He was considered to be the father of the Persian Empire. The Palace was constructed in between the VIth and Vth centuries b.C. by Darius II, king of the same dinasty, and his son Xerxes I.

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Sources:

- "El Pais que no Miramos" ("The Country we have not Seen"), a series of documentaries for television produced by Ivan Grondona. Archivo General de la Nacion.("Argentina's National Archive"), video 33, programme 16.

- Pahlevi en Argentina