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Raymond Charles Péré
Raymond Charles Péré (1854–1929) was a French architect, who was born at Roquefort, Landes, Roquefort-de-Marsan in the Landes (department), Landes, France, and arrived originally as a French teacher in 1880 at Smyrna (Izmir), married Anaïs Russo there and spent the rest of his life in İzmir, Turkey. He is best remembered as the designer of the İzmir Clock Tower, the landmark of İzmir situated in the city's Konak Square. Early life He was born in 1854 at Roquefort, Landes, France, to Jean Jacques Péré and his wife Marie Pargade. He married Anaïs Russo, the daughter of a prominent Levantine family of Italian from İzmir. They had ten children named Ferdinand, Pierre, Charles, Henriette, Bernard, François, Marie, Michel, Joseph and Louis. Works Péré was commissioned to design a clock tower in commemoration of the silver anniversary of Ottoman Sultan Abdülhamid II's (reigned 1876–1909) ascent to the throne. Completed in 1901, the structure of height with North ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roquefort, Landes
Roquefort (; ) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Population Transport Between 1907 and 1934, Roquefort was the terminus of the long gauge Chemin de fer Économiques Forestiers des Landes railway line from Lencouacq. Roquefort station provided an interchange with the of the Chemin de Fer du Midi. See also *Communes of the Landes department The following is a list of the 327 communes of the Landes department of France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French ... References Communes of Landes (department) {{Landes-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mehmed Kamil Pasha
Mehmed or Mehmet is the most common Turkish form of the Arabic male name Muhammad () (''Muhammed'' and ''Muhammet'' are also used, though considerably less) and gains its significance from being the name of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam. Originally the intermediary vowels in the Arabic ''Muhammad'' were completed with an ''e'' in adaptation to Turkish phonotactics, which spelled Mehemmed, Mehemed and the name lost the central ''e'' over time. Final devoicing of ''d'' to ''t'' is a regular process in Turkish. The prophet himself is referred to in Turkish using the archaic version, ''Muhammed''. In Azerbaijani it is ''Məhəmməd''. The name Mehmet also often appears in derived compound names. The name is also prevalent in former Ottoman territories, particularly among Balkan Muslims in Albania, Bosnia and Kosovo. The name is also commonly used in Turkish culture in the form of Mehmetçik, meaning ''little Mehmet'', for unranked soldiers. Given name Mehmed *Mehmed I (1382–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
