García de Silva Figueroa, Spanish diplomat and traveller (died 1624)

Don García de Silva Figueroa was a Spanish diplomat, and the first Western traveller to correctly identify the ruins of Takht-e Jamshid in Persia as the location of Persepolis, the ancient capital of the Achaemenid Empire and one of the great cities of antiquity.

December 29 is the 363rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; two days remain until the end of the year.