The French Eugene Flandin, adventures journey to Iran to see architectural masterpieces was not at all a restful one. He visited Iranian towns, castles, bridges, and historical monuments. His paintings and sketches of these sites have ...See moreThe French Eugene Flandin, adventures journey to Iran to see architectural masterpieces was not at all a restful one. He visited Iranian towns, castles, bridges, and historical monuments. His paintings and sketches of these sites have played a remarkable role in introducing ancient Iranian civilization as well as Iranian architecture to the world. This French artist and explorer passed through Athens, Arzerum, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, Bayazid, and Baku to reach Iranian cities. In Iran, he spent a great deal of time in Isfahan and continued his trip southward. He has recorded all the details of architecture and engravings of the Takht-e-Jamshid (Persepolis) epigraphs, Estakhr, Naghsh-e-Rostam, and Pasargad during the year and several months he stayed in Iran. He went through Solymanieh and the Euphrates and Baghdad plains, then he headed towards his country, France. Written by
Kioumars Derambakhsh
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