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 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.