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Korčula Celebrates Kačić and Gundulić
Franko Oreb
Sažetak
In the revivalist 19th century, when the Croatian people fought for their identity, beliefs and independence, several monuments were erected in Dalmatia and Banska Hrvatska to the great writers (P. Preradović, Fra Andrija Kačić-Miošić, Ivan Gundulić, Ljudevit Gaj), who in their poems and prose work revealed new insights, awoke consciousness and emphasised pride in their culture and spiritual heritage. The town of Korčula proved to be a worthy heir and a proud admirer of its dignitaries, deciding to erect a monument to its native poet Petar Kanavelić. Although this noble idea was not carried out, it testifies to the town of Korčula as a civilised entity, which reacted quickly, putting itself alongside larger towns. Using historical sources and articles in the local newspapers, the author describes the social and spiritual atmosphere in Korčula at that time. The Municipality of Korčula and individuals financially helped to build monuments to Fra A. Kačić-Miošić in Makarska and I. Gundulić in Dubrovnik. The author of both monuments was the Croatian sculptor Ivan Rendić. With the establishment of Lloyd’s high-speed railways along the Adriatic, Korčula found itself on the waterway from Split to Dubrovnik, becoming an ideal gathering place for numerous travellers to Makarska and Dubrovnik to unveil monuments to Kačić and Gundulić. At the end of August 1890, on the occasion of preparations for the unveiling of the monument to Kačić in Makarska and three years later, at the end of June 1893 for the unveiling of the monument to Gundulić, the town displayed exceptional patriotic enthusiasm, welcoming and seeing off numerous guests and travellers from Banska Hrvatska on their way to Makarska and Dubrovnik and on their way back from the celebrations. These receptions, farewells, meetings, departures to the unveiling of the monument grew into a general joy, exuberance, enthusiasm and desire of the Croatian people for the unification of Dalmatia with Banska Hrvatska, that is, for the territorial, linguistic and cultural unity of the Croatian people and Croatian lands.
Ključne riječi
Makarska; monument to Fra A. Kačić-Miošić; Dubrovnik; monument to Ivan Gundulić
Hrčak ID:
274618
URI
Datum izdavanja:
29.12.2021.
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