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Porfirio Smerdou
Porfirio Smerdou Fleissner ( Trieste, Kingdom of Italy, February 12, 1905 - El Escorial, Spain, May 11, 2002) was a Mexican politician and diplomat, godson of Porfirio Díaz, and honorary consul of Mexico in Eastern Andalusia and the Spanish Protectorate of Morocco at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. He is considered the Schindler of the Spanish war for having hidden almost six hundred people from both sides (mainly from the national side, in his property in Malaga, Villa Maya) during the warlike period. Biography Smerdou's family had to leave Mexico once the Mexican Revolution broke out in 1910, moving to Brussels, the capital of Belgium, and later, to the Spanish cities of Seville and Málaga. In 1927 he married Concha Altolaguirre Bolín, sister of the poet Manuel Altolaguirre, of the Generación del 27. On January 1, 1931, once his father was retired as honorary consul of Mexico, he took up this position with jurisdiction in Eastern Andalusia and Spanish Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trieste
Trieste ( , ; sl, Trst ; german: Triest ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital city, and largest city, of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, one of two autonomous regions which are not subdivided into provinces. Trieste is located at the head of the Gulf of Trieste, on a narrow strip of Italian territory lying between the Adriatic Sea and Slovenia; Slovenia lies approximately east and southeast of the city, while Croatia is about to the south of the city. The city has a long coastline and is surrounded by grassland, forest, and karstic areas. The city has a subtropical climate, unusual in relation to its relatively high latitude, due to marine breezes. In 2022, it had a population of about 204,302. Capital of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia and previously capital of the Province of Trieste, until its abolition on 1 October 2017. Trieste belonged to the Habsburg monarchy from 1382 until 1918. In the 19th century the mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
