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Luigi Pesce
Italian colonel and photographer
Luigi Pesce (1828 – 27 November 1864)[1] was a colonel and photographer from the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies who traveled to Iran in 1848, during the reign of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar,[2] to train Iranian infantry units.[3] He was born in Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and died in Tehran, Iran. He was buried beside his wife in Doulab Cemetery.[3]