Frano Getaldić-Gundulić
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| Born | August 8, 1833 Dubrovnik, Kingdom of Dalmatia within Austrian Empire (modern Croatia) |
| Died | July 3, 1899 (aged 65) Dubrovnik, Austria-Hungary (modern Croatia) |
| Pen name | Francesco Ghetaldi-Gondola |
| Occupation | politician |
| Nationality | Ragusan/Serbian |
Baron Francesco Ghetaldi-Gondola (Serbian Cyrillic: Франо Геталдић-Гундулић) or Frano Getaldić-Gundulić (August 8, 1833 - July 3, 1899), born Francesco Ghetaldi-Gondola, was a Ragusan politician, the first son of Sigismondo Ghetaldi-Gondola and Malvina Ursula de Bosdari. Francesco was a member of the Knights of St. John from 1889 until the death of the Mayor of Dubrovnik. He was decorated with the Cross of Devotion (S.M.O) on June 15, 1857. He fought in the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871). Francesco founded the Philatelic Society in Dubrovnik on December 4, 1890.
For other side Baron Gondola, an improving landlord and horticulturist of Lapad, introduced some years ago brussels sprouts, blue cabbage, and other vegetables, later he founded an Agronomy school in Lapad, Gruž. Francesco was the first to install in the old city electrical energy to light the streets; and was in 1894 who gave permission for Hotel Imperial's construction and thus to begin the policy of promoting tourism, which lasts until today.
He was carried along with the International Committee composed for the English ladies Miss Adeline Pauline Irby (*1831 +1911 Sarajevo) and Miss Priscilla Johnston (+1912 England) under m.Gabriel de Wesselitsky-Bojidarovitch, for Herzegovin refugees peoples. He wrote to the Times magazine, asking for further help for the refugees; his letter appeared on 12 April 1875. More than 150,000 people took refuge in Austro-Hungary in 1875 due to the Herzegovinian rebellion.
In 1889 the Serbian political circle in Dubrovnik supported baron Francesco Gondola, the candidate of the Autonomist Party (Dalmatians who were pro-Italian), in the 1890 election to the Parliament of Dalmatia, against the candidate of the People's Party (Dalmatians who were pro-Croatian). In the following year during the election of the local government, the Autonomous Party with the Serbian Party won the municipal election in Dubrovnik. Francesco was re-elected as the municipal chief in 1894 after a tumultuous election. He was affiliated with the Serb Catholic movement in 19th-century Dubrovnik and belonged to the pro-Italian Autonomist Party, but he himself wrote that he "wasn't Croatian, Serbian or Italian in his ethnic affiliation, rather a Ragusan (Raguseo)".
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