'Chateau de Semiramis a Van'.
Antique copper engraving. Armenia. View of the Babylon Castle, the fortress on the Van Rock, near Lake Van. Currently located in Turkey.
Semiramis (Shamiram) - in Akkadian and ancient Armenian mythologies, the legendary queen of Assyria, the wife of the legendary king Nina, who killed him with cunning and seized power.
Technique, Material: copper engraving / Paper
Artist:Vanderburch , Engraver: William Alexander Le Petit
Date: 'L'univers. Histoire et description de tous les peoples', 1838.
Size: 13 х 21 cm.
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