The tomb of Cyrus is a building of a small stone monument approximately 1 km southwest of the palaces of Pasargadae. According to Greek sources, the tomb of Cyrus the Great dates to 559-29 B.C. was located in the royal park at Pasargadae.
Pasargadae was the capital of the Achaemenid Empire under Cyrus the Great who had issued its construction (559–530 BC); it was also the location of his tomb. It was a city in ancient Persia, located near the city of Shiraz (in Pasargad County), and is today an archaeological site and one of Iran's UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
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