Niko Pucić de Zagorien (also ''Nicola Pozza'' in Italian; February 5, 1820 – April 13, 1883
) was a writer and politician from the old
Ragusan Ragusan may refer to:
* citizen of the Republic of Ragusa
hr, Sloboda se ne prodaje za sve zlato svijeta it, La libertà non si vende nemmeno per tutto l'oro del mondo"Liberty is not sold for all the gold in the world"
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noble family.
Biography
He was born in
Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik (), historically known as Ragusa (; see notes on naming), is a city on the Adriatic Sea in the region of Dalmatia, in the southeastern semi-exclave of Croatia. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations in the Mediterran ...
in 1820. He was the brother of
Medo Pucić
Orsat "Medo" Pucić, ( it, Orsatto Pozza, ; 12 March 1821 – 30 June 1882) was a Republic of Ragusa, Ragusan writer and an important member of the Catholic Serbs, Catholic Serb movement.
Biography
Orsat Pucić was born on in Dubrovnik, then in ...
, another well-known politician.
Pucić gave up his studies and started living from in Dubrovnik from 1838 because of his father's illness. He ran the family's accounts, often undertaking long journeys. Like his brother Medo, he maintained relations with the representatives of the political and cultural life in the monarchy, particularly in Croatia. After 1860 Pucić became an active representative of the national movement in Dalmatia. The Dalmatian and Croatian state parliament delegates sent Pucić in 1861, as their representative, to
Vienna
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, where he attempted to convince the Imperial Court of the need to unify the two kingdoms.
From 1867 to 1869 Pucić was vice-president of the
Dalmatian Parliament
The Diet of Dalmatia ( hr, Dalmatinski sabor, it, Dieta della Dalmazia) was the regional assembly of the Kingdom of Dalmatia within the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It was founded in Zadar in 1861 and last convened in 1912, before being formally dis ...
. Afterwards he withdrew from politics and took part only in the region's culture life. Pucić was the first editor of the newspaper ''
Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik (), historically known as Ragusa (; see notes on naming), is a city on the Adriatic Sea in the region of Dalmatia, in the southeastern semi-exclave of Croatia. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations in the Mediterran ...
'' and was one of the founders in 1878 of the newspaper ''
Slovinac''.
See also
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Republic of Ragusa
hr, Sloboda se ne prodaje za sve zlato svijeta it, La libertà non si vende nemmeno per tutto l'oro del mondo"Liberty is not sold for all the gold in the world"
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House of Pucić
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Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik The Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / ", Дубровачки србокатолички покрет, Dubrovački srbokatolički pokret) was a cultural and political movement of people from Dubrovnik who, while Catho ...
References
External links
Slovinac - old croatian newspaperPucić - member of the old Ragusan noble family
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1820 births
1883 deaths
People from Dubrovnik
People from the Kingdom of Dalmatia
Croatian politicians
Croatian Roman Catholics
Book and manuscript collectors