Original scientific paper
Nardelli's Letters to Pero Čingrija
Ivo Perić
; Institute for Historical Sciences of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Abstract
Niko Nardelli was in touch by way of correspondence with Pero Čingrija from 1903 until 1908. As a court councilor in the Dalmatian Regency at Zadar, Nardelli was appointed — after the political collapse and recall of Regent E. Handel — Regent of Dalmatia as the first (and last) man from home to be entrusted with this position. This occurred during the time the said exchange of letters was taking place. It is not without interest to consider the manner in which Nardelli, who enjoyed the confidence of the Vienna regime (for Dalmatia in this time was under the Austrian rule), viewed the reasons for this high appointment. Likewise, it is noteworthy in what manner he viewed the various political events in Dalmatia and outside Dalmatia in his time.
Being a Dubrovnik man by birth, N. Nardelli took a lively interest also as the Regent of Dalmatia in the needs of his native city, endeavoring to the best of his ability to give support to the actualization of the City’s interests. This, among other things, constitutes the main contents of Nardelli’s letters to Pero Čingrija.
In this time, Pero Čingrija was the most prominent personality of Croatian politics in Dalmatia. In his native city of Dubrovnik he was Lord Mayor, while within Dalmatian frameworks he was also the first and foremost personality: President of the largest political organization — the Croatian Party, which enjoyed a majority in Dalmatian Parliament (at Zadar), so that simultaneously he was President of its Club of deputies in the same Parliament.
While Nardelli served the ruling regime, Čingrija was its opponent. They were mutually connected solely by their love for the same city, for both of them hailed from Dubrovnik.
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244822
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Publication date:
30.6.1976.
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