Beti Jai fronton Beti Jai fronton The Beti Jai fronton is a sport venue located in Madrid, Spain, currently in ruins. Located at 7 Marqués de Riscal St., the building (in Neo-Mudéjar style) dates from 1893 and it was opened in 1894. The last game played in the fronton was played in 1919. Currently in ruins, the venue is the last surviving 19th century Basque pelota fronton in Madrid. It was declared bien de interés cultural on 27 January 2011. The fronton was begun to be built in 1893, with a budget of approximately 500 000 pesetas. It is due to a design
Cyrus Alai 2006 and 2009. He donated his huge collection of Persian maps to the University of London. Cyrus Alai Cyrus Alai (Persian: سیروس علایی) is a Persian-British engineer, map collector and the author of the book "General Maps of Persia". Alai was born in Tehran and studied at Technical University of Berlin. Before the 1979 revolution he was a lecturer at Tehran University. Shortly after the revolution he moved to London. Alai has contributed to various publications such as the Encyclopedia Iranica for the entries related to cartography of Persia. He is the author of two books "General Maps of Persia"