Antonio Bajamonti
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Split
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, 19 February 1822 - Split
Split
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, 13 January 1891) was a Dalmatia
Dalmatia
Dalmatia is a historical region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea. It stretches from the island of Rab in the northwest to the Bay of Kotor in the southeast. The hinterland, the Dalmatian Zagora, ranges from fifty kilometers in width in the north to just a few kilometers in the south....
n politician. Bajamonti's parents were Giuseppe Bajamonti (Cancelliere Pretoriale di Vis
Vis (island)
Vis is the most outerly lying larger Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea, and is part of the Central Dalmatian group of islands, with an area of 90.26 km² and a population of 3,617 . Of all the inhabited Croatian islands, it is the farthest from the coast...
) and Helena Candido of Šibenik
Šibenik
Šibenik is a historic town in Croatia, with population of 51,553 . It is located in central Dalmatia where the river Krka flows into the Adriatic Sea...
. He was one of the most successful mayors of Split
Split (city)
Split is a Mediterranean city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea, centered around the ancient Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and its wide port bay. With a population of 178,192 citizens, and a metropolitan area numbering up to 467,899, Split is by far the largest Dalmatian city and...
. He was a medical doctor by profession.
Mayor of Split
He became mayor of Split on 9 January 1860, after Šimun de Michieli-Vitturi for the Autonomist PartyAutonomist Party
The Autonomist Party was a political party in the Dalmatian political scene, that existed for around 70 years of the nineteenth century and until World War I. Its goal was to maintain the autonomy of the Kingdom of Dalmatia within the Austro-Hungarian Empire, as opposed to the unification with the...
and stayed in office until 1864, when he was relieved because of his opposition to Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n centralism and bureaucracy. He was replaced by Frano Lanza, but in 1865 he united with the Croatian People's Party
People's Party (Kingdom of Dalmatia)
People's Party was a political party in the Kingdom of Dalmatia. It was founded in 1861 after the failure of Bach's absolutism, as branch of the People's Party in Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia...
into the Liberal Union and won the elections again.
He would go on to hold the post for over two decades, until 1880, when he retired from office and was succeeded by Alessandro Nallini, another Autonomist. After democratic reforms allowed for a greater part of the populace to vote, Bajamonti's Autonomist Party lost the 1882 elections. Croats
Croats
Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...
, who made up the majority of the population of Split, were finally able to influence the vote sufficiently and a Croatian mayor was elected, Dujam Rendić-Miočević, a prominent Split lawyer.
Parliament of Dalmatia
Bajamonti was also a member of the Parliament of DalmatiaParliament of Dalmatia
The Diet of Dalmatia was the regional assembly of the Kingdom of Dalmatia within the Austro-Hungarian Empire...
(1861–91) and the Austrian Chamber of Deputies (1867–70 and 1873–79). He married Alojzija Kruševic on the October 6, 1849.
For many years Bajamonti enjoyed the support of Croats and Italians and in this period of relative social peace was the propeller of important public works, including the introduction of lighting gas,
In 1859, before its election, he built a public theatre with his own money. During his administration gas lighting was installed instead of oil, the Society of the construction and embellish of Split was established, west wing of the representative building on the square Prokurative was built and the old Diocletian
Diocletian
Diocletian |latinized]] upon his accession to Diocletian . c. 22 December 244 – 3 December 311), was a Roman Emperor from 284 to 305....
water-works was reconstructed.
For his initiative Split was also equipped with a square surrounded by galleries. His most famous work was construction of the big fountain
Fountain
A fountain is a piece of architecture which pours water into a basin or jets it into the air either to supply drinking water or for decorative or dramatic effect....
that was named later after him. Three months later after the second opening the fountain Antonio Bajamonti died. The fountain was destroyed in 1947 by city authorities as a symbol of fascism
Fascism
Fascism is a radical authoritarian nationalist political ideology. Fascists seek to rejuvenate their nation based on commitment to the national community as an organic entity, in which individuals are bound together in national identity by suprapersonal connections of ancestry, culture, and blood...
and Italian occupation.
Bajamonti instituted the policy Dalmatian Society (1886) and Società Accommodation Split (1888), until, severely indebted, died in his hometown on January 13, 1891. When he died, the information about his death was displayed in almost all the press in Italy
Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)
The Kingdom of Italy was a state forged in 1861 by the unification of Italy under the influence of the Kingdom of Sardinia, which was its legal predecessor state...
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See also
- House of BajamontiHouse of BajamontiThe Bajamonti family are considered one of the most prestigious families of the city of Split in Croatia. The family originated in Bergamo, Lombardy....
- SplitSplit (city)Split is a Mediterranean city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea, centered around the ancient Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and its wide port bay. With a population of 178,192 citizens, and a metropolitan area numbering up to 467,899, Split is by far the largest Dalmatian city and...
- DalmatiaDalmatiaDalmatia is a historical region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea. It stretches from the island of Rab in the northwest to the Bay of Kotor in the southeast. The hinterland, the Dalmatian Zagora, ranges from fifty kilometers in width in the north to just a few kilometers in the south....
- Italian irredentism in Dalmatia
External links
Croatian- Bajamonti Family-Prints in Library & Information Science (Ex libris Bajamonti u Sveučilišnoj knjižnici u Splitu)
The Bajamonti Family has been mentioned for the first time in Split Registry Books at the beginning of the 18th century as owners of a very rich library collection. The first data about the library had been recorded by Julio Bajamonti, registering that the big fire of 1787 had seriously damaged the collection.
- Matica.hr Short History of Split's Riva
- Mvinfo.hr/ Moderna Vremna Info Article originally released in Jutarnjem Listu by Jurica PavicicJurica PavičićJurica Pavičić is a Croatian writer, columnist and film critic.Pavičić's screenplay for Witnesses , Vinko Brešan's 2003 film, won the Golden Arena for Best Screenplay in the 2003 Pula Film Festival...
-16.09.06
Italian
- Bajamonti: "A noi Dalmati non resta che soffrire"
- Randi, Oscar. Antonio Bajamonti il «Mirabile» Podestà di Spalato, Società Dalmata di Storia Patria, Zara 1932
- Luciano Monzali, Italiani di Dalmazia. Dal Risorgimento alla Grande Guerra, Le Lettere, Firenze 2004
- Valentino Quintana, Vittorio Vetrano di San Mauro Il carattere Italiano della Venezia Giulia e della Dalmazia, Quattroventi, Urbino 2009