And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
It was standing in 1977 when I visited it. After the 1979 revolution, the ayatollahs wanted to get rid of it but the locals apparently successfully resisted.
Wonder if it's still standing?
ReplyDeleteProbably in the British museum...
ReplyDeleteIt was standing in 1977 when I visited it. After the 1979 revolution, the ayatollahs wanted to get rid of it but the locals apparently successfully resisted.
ReplyDeleteDo an image search. Much more impressive in color and many more ruins.
ReplyDeleteSurprised it would still exist. Muslim do not like old stuff, nor new for that matter.
ReplyDeletewas that a stone gate?
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