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Ödön Széchenyi
Ödön Széchenyi (1839 – 1922) was an Imperial Ottoman pasha. He was the son of István Széchenyi and was in charge of the State Fire Brigade in Hungary and the Ottoman Empire. Early life Ödön was a member of the noble Széchenyi family in Sárvár-Felsővidék. His father was Count István Széchenyi and his mother was Countess Crescencia von Seilern und Aspang. He was baptized in the parish of St. Martin in Pressburg (''Pozsony'', today's Bratislava): his godparents were Count Béla Széchenyi and Count Mária Zichy. Ödön moved to Pest at 21, where he worked in different branches of transportation. At this time he obtained a qualification to be a ship officer. He traveled to London for the World's Fair in 1862, where he came into contact with organized firefighting. Working in firefighting After the world exhibition, Széchenyi tried to bring firefighting to Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Pascal Sébah
Jean Pascal Sébah (1872 – 6 June 1947) was a Syriac-Armenian photographer. The son of Pascal Sébah, he continued the Sébah family's photographic legacy after his father's death in 1886. Life and career Jean Pascal Sébah was the son of Pascal Sébah who had opened a photographic studio in Cairo from the mid-1850s and another studio in Constantinople from the early 1870s. The Sébah studio had earned a reputation for the foremost Orientalist photography in the region.Hannavy, J., ''Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography,'' Routledge, 2013, p. 1036 Following his father's death on 25 June 1886, the studio continued in business. Initially it was managed by his uncle, Cosmi (his father's brother), and in 1888 Pollicarpe Joaillier became a partner. At this time the company was renamed Sebah & Joaillier Jean Pascal Sébah, also joined in 1888 and went on to run the studio with other photographers. The firm developed a reputation as the leading representative of Orientalist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Martin's Cathedral, Bratislava
St Martin's Cathedral ( or , or , ) is a church (building), church in Bratislava, Slovakia, and the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Bratislava. It is situated at the western border of the Old Town, Bratislava, historical city center below Bratislava Castle. It is the largest and one of the oldest churches in Bratislava, known especially for being the Coronation of the Hungarian monarch, coronation church of the Kingdom of Hungary between 1563 and 1830. Together with the castle on the hill adjacent, and somewhat similar in its striking, but fairly stark Gothic lines and colouring, St Martin's tower and spire, at , dominates Old Town's skyline. The tower virtually formed a part of the town's fortifications, built as it was into the city's defensive walls. As with the castle, the surroundings of St Martin's are as memorable as the structure itself. In the cathedral's case, this includes the picturesque remains of outbuildings in a spacious staired courtyard, and a working seminar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Bratislava
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |