Gaspare Matcovich
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Gaspare Matcovich local leader of the Kossuthists in Fiume. Emarginated after 1867 the Deákist faction of Giovanni de Ciotta
become dominant in Fiume. The clash between Liberalism and radicalism in Hungary
continued in Fiume, since the Kossuthists survived with Antonio Walluschnig
, and later Riccardo Zanella
.
Allegedly, he spent periods in England and Cuba, being involved with slave trade in the 1820s. Later, in 1820 he was employed at the Hanse bank in Trieste. He arrived in Fiume in 1823 as agent of Spiridon Gopčević
, powerful Serb merchant and ship owner. In 1823 Fiume was returned to Hungary and the prospects were growing. In 1827 Matcovich managed to sell the paper mill previously owned by A L Adamich to Walter Grafton Smith and Carl Meynier, that was to become a major fiuman industrial enterprise. In 1844 he become the director of the Società della strada ferrata Vukovar-Fiume, the first railway society that had the plan of connecting Fiume with the Pannonian Plain, and was sponsored by Lajos Kossuth
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Giovanni de Ciotta
Giovanni de Ciotta was the first-born son of Lorenzo de Ciotta and Adriana Maria de Adamich, daughter of the foremost Fiuman merchant and father of modernisation in Fiume Andrea Lodovico de Adamich. The family de Ciotta originated from Livorno where Giovanni served the Austrian army in quality of...
become dominant in Fiume. The clash between Liberalism and radicalism in Hungary
Liberalism and radicalism in Hungary
This article gives an overview of liberalism and radicalism in Hungary. It is limited to liberal and radical parties with substantial support, mainly proved by having had a representation in parliament. The sign ⇒ denotes another party in that scheme...
continued in Fiume, since the Kossuthists survived with Antonio Walluschnig
Antonio Walluschnig
Antonio Walluschnig . In the context of the clash between Liberalism and radicalism in Hungary, after the death of Gaspare Matcovich, and together with Stanislao dall’Asta, local leader of the Kossuthists in Fiume. Later succeeded by Riccardo Zanella. From 1885 to 1896 President of the Club Alpino...
, and later Riccardo Zanella
Riccardo Zanella
Riccardo Zanella was the only elected president of the short lived Free State of Fiume.Zanella was born to an Italian father and Slovene mother in Rijeka, Austria-Hungary . He attended Hungarian Commercial School in Rijeka and Budapest. Soon he was professor of bookkeeping in the same school in...
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Allegedly, he spent periods in England and Cuba, being involved with slave trade in the 1820s. Later, in 1820 he was employed at the Hanse bank in Trieste. He arrived in Fiume in 1823 as agent of Spiridon Gopčević
Spiridon Gopcevic
Spiridon Gopčević or Leo Brenner was a Serbian-Austrian astronomer and historian born in Trieste.His father, also named Spiridon, was a great shipowner in Trieste , but had originated from the village of Podi near Herceg Novi in Boka Kotorska in present-day Montenegro...
, powerful Serb merchant and ship owner. In 1823 Fiume was returned to Hungary and the prospects were growing. In 1827 Matcovich managed to sell the paper mill previously owned by A L Adamich to Walter Grafton Smith and Carl Meynier, that was to become a major fiuman industrial enterprise. In 1844 he become the director of the Società della strada ferrata Vukovar-Fiume, the first railway society that had the plan of connecting Fiume with the Pannonian Plain, and was sponsored by Lajos Kossuth
Lajos Kossuth
Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva was a Hungarian lawyer, journalist, politician and Regent-President of Hungary in 1849. He was widely honored during his lifetime, including in the United Kingdom and the United States, as a freedom fighter and bellwether of democracy in Europe.-Family:Lajos...
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