Plate LXXIX · Persia
Vol. IX (1952) · full-page plateAbove left: REMAINS OF SUSA, ancient capital. Above right: TOMB OF DARIUS THE GREAT - Nagsch-e-Rostem. Below left: MOSQUE OF SOLTANICH (14th cent.) on the road to Tabriz. Below right: CHALDEAN CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOSEPH IN BABYLONIAN STYLE. Consecrated on 7 July 1950 by His Beatitude the Chaldean Catholic patriarch Mons. Giuseppe VII Ghanima.



