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Pál Rosty De Barkócz
Pál Rosty de Barkócz (pronunciation: ['pa:l 'rɔʃti 'bɒrkɔ:ʦ]; 29 November 1830 – 7 December 1874) was a Hungarian nobility, Hungarian nobleman, photographer, and Exploration, explorer. Life Born in Pest, Hungary, Pest in the former Kingdom of Hungary. Pál István Ferenc, was a member of the illustrious ancient Roman Catholic Hungarian nobility, Hungarian noble family (in Hungarian: ''barkóczi Rosty'' család). His father was Albert Rosty de Barkócz (1779–1847), jurist, landowner, Ispán, vice-ispán of the Békés County (former), county of Békés (''alispán of Békés''), and his mother was Anna Eckstein de Ehrenbergh (1801–1843). His paternal grandparents were Pál Rosty de Barkócz (1745–1810), first lieutenant, landowner, member of the Hungarian Jacobin front, and Anna Nedeczky de Nedecze (1764–1839). His great grandfather was Ferenc Rosty de Barkócz (1718–1790), royal counselor, Ispán, vice-ispán of the Vas County (former), Vas county, and a we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pest, Hungary
Pest () is the part of Budapest, the capital city of Hungary, that lies on the eastern bank of the Danube. Pest was administratively unified with Buda and Óbuda in 1873; prior to this, it was an independent city. In colloquial Hungarian language, Hungarian, "Pest" is sometimes also used ''pars pro toto'' to refer to Budapest as a whole. Comprising about two-thirds of the city's area, Pest is flatter and much more heavily urbanized than Buda. Many of Budapest's most notable sites are in Pest, including the Inner City (Budapest), Inner City (), the Hungarian Parliament Building, Parliament (''Országház''), the Hungarian State Opera House, Opera, the Great Market Hall, Heroes' Square (Budapest), Heroes' Square, and Andrássy Avenue. Etymology According to Ptolemy the settlement was called ''Pession'' in antiquity (Contra-Aquincum). Alternatively, the name ''Pest'' may have come from a Slavic word meaning "furnace", "oven" (Bulgarian ; Serbian /''peć''; Croatian ''peć''), r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
