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unusual facts about Ragusa


Chiara Ottaviano

Chiara Ottaviano, (Ragusa, 1955) is an Italian historian, writer and film director.


Andrijaš Mrnjavčević

From Ragusa they headed for Hungary where they settled with other Serbs, Dmitar became "Great Zupan of Zărand" and "Royal Commandant of the city of Villagoš" where there were many Serbs.

Bartolomeo Gradenigo

Gradenigo devoted to politics very early in his life, acting as podestà of Ragusa and Capodistria, as well as procuratore in the capital.

House of Saraka

According to Baron v. Procházka; the family Saraca "is one of the four still (1928)oldest existing from the Middle Ages, from Ston, in the Republic of Ragusa, the family immigrated to Italy, from the family were many consuls and Knez of the Republic of Ragusa".

Italian city-states

Other city-states were associated to these "commune" cities, like Genoa, Turin and, in the Adriatic, Ragusa.

Junije Restić

He was witness of the entrance to Ragusa of the envoy of Napoleon, general Lauriston, in 1806, of the formal restoration of the old Republic from English part in 1813, of the occupation Austrian in 1814.

Mundialito de Clubes

This tournament should not be confused with the existing BSWW Mundialito, which takes place in Portugal for national teams, or the Super8 Mundialito Beach Soccer Tournament, which was held in Scoglitti, near Ragusa, Italy.

Paladin Gundulić

In 1458, the Republic of Ragusa sent Paladin Gundulić and Paladin Lukarić to visit the Ottoman sultan in Skopje.

Stulić

Joakim Stulić (1730–1817), lexicographer from the Republic of Ragusa, author of the biggest dictionary in the older Croatian lexicography

Luko Stulić (1772–1828), scientist from the Republic of Ragusa who first made epidemiological studies of heritable skin disorders

Super8 Mundialito Beach Soccer Tournament

The inaugural Super8 Mundialito Beach Soccer Tournament was a beach soccer tournament that took place on multiple pitches located in Scoglitti, located near Ragusa on the island of Sicily in Italy from 19 – 21 July 2013.

Vincenzo Ragusa

Ragusa also had his own studio in his residence in Mita, Tokyo, and produced many portrait sculptures of notable people, actors and common people during his seven years in Japan.

Vojislav Vojinović

Dubrovnik came to Hungarian rule in 1358; Vojislav plundered the Ragusan territories and sought to recover Ston and its peninsula to the Serbian lands.


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