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Born 29/12/1550 — García de Silva Figueroa (476th anniversary)
29 December 2026
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On 2026-12-29, remember the birth of García de Silva Figueroa (b. 29/12/1550), the discoverer of Persepolis.
Don García de Silva Figueroa was a Spanish diplomat, and the first Western traveller to correctly identify the ruins of Takht-e Jamshid in Persia as the location of Persepolis, the ancient capital of the Achaemenid Empire and one of the great cities of antiquity.
Recurring annual commemoration. Source: Wikipedia / Wikidata.
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