Niko Pucić de Zagorien (also ''Nicola Pozza'' in Italian; February 5, 1820 – April 13, 1883
) was a writer and politician from the old
Ragusan noble family.
Biography
He was born in
Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik, historically known as Ragusa, is a city in southern Dalmatia, Croatia, by the Adriatic Sea. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations in the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean, a Port, seaport and the centre of the Dubrovni ...
in 1820. He was the brother of
Medo Pucić, 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. 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, is a city in southern Dalmatia, Croatia, by the Adriatic Sea. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations in the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean, a Port, seaport and the centre of the Dubrovni ...
'' and was one of the founders in 1878 of the newspaper ''
Slovinac''.
See also
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Republic of Ragusa
The Republic of Ragusa, or the Republic of Dubrovnik, was an maritime republics, aristocratic maritime republic centered on the city of Dubrovnik (''Ragusa'' in Italian and Latin; ''Raguxa'' in Venetian) in South Dalmatia (today in southernmost ...
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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 Cath ...
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