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Francesco Costantini
Francesco Costantini (21 August 1827 – 8 January 1899) was an Istrian Italian lawyer and politician, who was ''Podestà'' (Mayor) of Pisino (now Pazin, Croatia) from 1880 to 1883. In 1884 he founded in Pisino the '' Società politica istriana'', of which he was also the first president. Biography Francesco Costantini was born in Pisino, Austrian Empire (now Pazin, Croatia) on 21 August 1827. A lawyer, he became a member of the Diet of Istria. In 1872, after prolonged insistence, he obtained the clearance for the opening of an Italian gymnasium in Pisino, where instruction was then only provided in the German language. The citizens of Pisino had to wait until 1899 for the school to open, due to procrastination of the Slav members of the Diet. Costantini was ''Podestà'' (Mayor) of Pazin from 1880 until 1883. He is also remembered for founding, in 1884, the political party '' Società politica istriana'' ("Istrian political society"), of which he was also the first president. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Podestà
(), also potestate or podesta in English, was the name given to the holder of the highest civil office in the government of the cities of central and northern Italy during the Late Middle Ages. Sometimes, it meant the chief magistrate of a city-state, the counterpart to similar positions in other cities that went by other names, e.g. ('rectors'). In the following centuries up to 1918, the term was used to designate the head of the municipal administration, particularly in the Italian-speaking territories of the Austrian Empire. The title was taken up again during the Fascist regime with the same meaning. The 's office, its duration and the residence and the local jurisdiction were called , especially during the Middle Ages, and in later centuries, more rarely during the Fascist regime. Currently, is the title of mayors in Italian-speaking municipalities of Graubünden in Switzerland, but it is not the case for the Canton of Ticino, which uses the title (the same curr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pisino
Pazin (, ) is a town in western Croatia, the administrative seat of Istria County. It is known for the medieval Pazin Castle, the former residence of the Istrian margraves. Geography The town had a population of 8,638 in 2011, of which 4,386 lived in the urban settlement. In 1991 it was made the capital of the county for its location in the geographical centre of the Istrian peninsula and in order to boost the development of its interior territories. Climate Since records began in 1961, the highest temperature recorded at the local weather station at an elevation of was , on 3 August 2017. The coldest temperature was , on 8 January 1985. History Pazin was built in an area rich in history and inhabited since ancient times. The burg surrounding the castle was inhabited since prehistory. Some of the surrounding rural settlements, such as Glavizza, Beram, which features a necropolis dating from the 7th to 5th century BC, and the '' castellieri'' of Bertossi, likewise inhabited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrian Empire
The Austrian Empire, officially known as the Empire of Austria, was a Multinational state, multinational European Great Powers, great power from 1804 to 1867, created by proclamation out of the Habsburg monarchy, realms of the Habsburgs. During its existence, it was the third most populous monarchy in Europe after the Russian Empire and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom, while geographically, it was the third-largest empire in Europe after the Russian Empire and the First French Empire. The empire was proclaimed by Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, Francis II in 1804 in response to Napoleon's declaration of the First French Empire, unifying all Habsburg monarchy, Habsburg possessions under one central government. It remained part of the Holy Roman Empire until the latter's dissolution in 1806. It continued fighting against Napoleon throughout the Napoleonic Wars, except for a period between 1809 and 1813, when Austria was first allied with Napoleon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary, also referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dual Monarchy or the Habsburg Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe#Before World War I, Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. A military and diplomatic alliance, it consisted of two sovereign states with a single monarch who was titled both the Emperor of Austria and the King of Hungary. Austria-Hungary constituted the last phase in the constitutional evolution of the Habsburg monarchy: it was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 in the aftermath of the Austro-Prussian War, following wars of independence by Hungary in opposition to Habsburg rule. It was dissolved shortly after Dissolution of Austria-Hungary#Dissolution, Hungary terminated the union with Austria in 1918 at the end of World War 1. One of Europe's major powers, Austria-Hungary was geographically the second-largest country in Europe (after Russian Empire, Russia) and the third-most populous (afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costantino Costantini (politician)
Costantino Costantini was an Istrian Italian lawyer and politician. He was Mayor of Pisino (now Pazin, Croatia) from 1919 until 1922. He was the son of former ''podestà'' (mayor) and politician Francesco Costantini. He has been credited as "one of the most illustrious figures of Istrian irredentism". Biography Costantino Costantini was born in Pisino, Istria (now Pazin, Croatia, then part of the Austrian Empire) to lawyer and politician Francesco Costantini, the founder of the '' Società politica istriana'', and Clotilde Mrach, from a Pisino family of landowners and politicians. He was a lawyer. He became Director of the Council for Tax Administration of Pisino, and then was Head of the Council of Administration of the Comune of Pisino since 1894, later becoming vice-''podestà''. From 1900 until 1911 he was deputy of the Diet of Istria for the college of the cities of Pisino (Pazin) and Albona (Labin Labin (Italian language, Italian/Istriot language, Istriot: Albona) is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Società Politica Istriana
The ''Società politica istriana'' ("Istrian Political Society") was an Italian political party founded in 1884 by Francesco Costantini in Pisino (now Pazin, Croatia), which was at the time part of the Austrian Empire. It was also known as ''Partito liberazionale''. History It was founded by Francesco Costantini, as the output of the Italian political forces in Istria Istria ( ; Croatian language, Croatian and Slovene language, Slovene: ; Italian language, Italian and Venetian language, Venetian: ; ; Istro-Romanian language, Istro-Romanian: ; ; ) is the largest peninsula within the Adriatic Sea. Located at th ..., especially the liberal party. Costantini was also its first president. Its political agenda was centered on the defense and diffusion of '' Italianità'' in Istria. In 1905 it reached an agreement with the Political Society for Croats and Slovenes in Istria on the division of constituencies. The two parties hardly managed to cooperate. The party was broken down by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istrian Italian
Istrian Italians (; ; ) are an ethnic group from the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic region of Istria in modern northwestern Croatia and southwestern Slovenia. Istrian Italians descend from the original Latinized population of Roman Empire, Roman Istria#Early history, Histria, from the Venetian language, Venetian-speaking settlers who colonized the region during the time of the Republic of Venice, and from the local Croats, Croatian people who culturally assimilated. More than 50% of the total population of Istria for centuries, Istrian Italians were 36% in 1910. Today, as a result of the Istrian–Dalmatian exodus (1943–1960), the majority of Istrian Italians live outside of the Istrian peninsula; however, a significant Italian minority still lives in the Croatian County of Istria (5.01%) and in Slovenian Istria (3.3%), where they are granted minority rights. According to the official Slovenian and Croatian censuses conducted in 2001 and 2002 respectively, they number around 22,000. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
