Andrija Ljudevit Adamić (; 29 November 1766 – 31 October 1828) was a Croatian trader from the City of Fiume (), builder, supporter of economical and cultural development. Adamich was born into a wealthy

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family of Simon Adamić, tobacco merchant and large estates owner. Adamich was the founder and owner of many factories and manufacturers (paper, liquor, rope, etc.), and a shipowner. He co-founded the Fiume-based firm ''Simone Adamich e Figlio'' ('Simone Adamich & Son') with his father in 1786 and worked there until 1800. As the building chancellor of the Fiume ''Gubernium'' in 1790, he tried to transform Fiume into a modern city. His works on the plan of

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are also noted. In 1805 he financed and built a theatre with a capacity of 1,600 people, which was subsequently razed. After the

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harbour was blocked, and the city was upon the brink of starvation when the English and French navies left. Adamich managed to revive the city's economy, and allowed it to prosper and evolve fully in the age of

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. He represented Fiume at the

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in 1822 and the

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Assembly in 1824-25. Adamich was a visionary, and a great man in history of

. He spoke 6 languages, and had a vast influence in political and merchant circles. The

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racing driver Andrea de Adamich is a distant descendant.

Sources

* ''Časopis za ekonomsku povijest Jugoslavije'' (1982) * Kobler, Giovanni ''Memorie per la storia della liburnica città di Fiume'' (1896)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Adamich, Andrea Lodovico 1766 births 1828 deaths Businesspeople from the Austrian Empire Businesspeople from Rijeka Politicians from Rijeka 19th-century Italian Jews 19th-century Italian businesspeople 18th-century businesspeople from the Holy Roman Empire Economy of Rijeka Croatian Jews Croatian businesspeople 19th-century Croatian people 18th-century Croatian people Italian people of Croatian descent Burials at Kozala Cemetery