Editing Dubrovnik (section)

===Austrian rule===

[[File:Fran Gundulic2.JPG|thumb|Unveiling of the Gundulić monument in 1893]]
[[File:Stradun, a főutca a ferences kolostor és templom tornya felé nézve. Fortepan 86983.jpg|thumb|Dubrovnik's ''Stradun'' in 1910]]

When the [[Habsburg monarchy|Habsburg Empire]] annexed these provinces after the 1815 [[Congress of Vienna]], the new authorities implemented a bureaucratic administration, established the [[Kingdom of Dalmatia]], which had its own Sabor (Diet) or Parliament which is the oldest Croatian political institution based in the city of [[Zadar]], and political parties such as the [[Autonomist Party]] and the [[People's Party (Dalmatia)|People's Party]]. They introduced a series of modifications intended to slowly [[Centralized government|centralise]] the bureaucratic, tax, religious, educational, and trade structure. These steps largely failed, despite the intention of wanting to stimulate the economy. Once the personal, political and economic damage of [[Napoleonic Wars|the Napoleonic Wars]] had been overcome, new movements began to form in the region, calling for a political reorganisation of the Adriatic along national lines.{{Citation needed|date=November 2008}}

The combination of these two forces—a flawed Habsburg administrative system and new national movement claiming ethnicity as the founding block toward a community—posed a particularly perplexing problem: Dalmatia was a province ruled by the German-speaking [[Habsburg monarchy]], with bilingual (Croatian- and Italian-speaking) elites that dominated the general population consisting of a Slavic Catholic majority, as well as a [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Slavic Orthodox]] minority. 

In 1815, the former Dubrovnik government (its noble assembly) met for the last time in Ljetnikovac in [[Mokošica]]. Once again, extreme measures were taken to re-establish the Republic, but it was all in vain. After the fall of the Republic most of the aristocracy was recognised by the Austrian Empire.

In 1832, Baron [[Šišmundo Getaldić-Gundulić]] (''Sigismondo Ghetaldi-Gondola'') (1795–1860) was elected Mayor of Dubrovnik, serving for 13 years; the Austrian government granted him the title of "Baron".

[[Pucić (family)|Count Rafael Pucić]] (''Raffaele Pozza'') (1828–1890) was elected for first time Podestà of Dubrovnik in the year 1869 after this was re-elected in 1872, 1875, 1882, 1884) and elected twice into the Dalmatian Council, 1870, 1876. The victory of the Nationalists in [[Split, Croatia|Split]] in 1882 strongly affected in the areas of Korčula and Dubrovnik. It was greeted by the mayor (podestà) of Dubrovnik Rafael Pucić, the National Reading Club of Dubrovnik, the Workers Association of Dubrovnik and the review "Slovinac" as well as by the communities of Kuna and Orebić, the latter one getting the nationalist government even before Split.

[[File:Narrow-Gauge-Railway Dalmatinerbahn Station-Dubrovnik (2).jpg|thumb|Dubrovnik railway station]]

In 1901, the narrow-gauge ([[Bosnian-gauge railways|760 mm]]) railway line was opened primarily to connect the port city of Dubrovnik with the interior of Bosnia and Herzegovina and further into Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oberegger2.org/ada/dalmatia.htm |title=A Short History of the Railways in Dalmatia |work= Helena Bunijevac (Railway Museum, Zagreb) |language=en |access-date=1 July 2024}}</ref> The line was operational from 1901 to 1976.<ref>{{cite book |last=Chester |first=Keith |date=2006 |title=Narrow Gauge Railways of Bosnia-Hercegovina, The |url=https://www.stenvalls.com/jarnvagar-railways/bocker/narrow-gauge-railways-of-bosnia-hercegovina |location= |publisher=Stenvalls |isbn=9172661666}}</ref>

In 1905, the Committee for establishing electric [[tram service]], headed by Luko Bunić was established. Other members of the Committee were Ivo Papi, Miho Papi, Artur Saraka, Mato Šarić, Antun Pugliesi, Mato Gracić, Ivo Degiulli, Ernest Katić and Antun Milić.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tramway in Dubrovnik |publisher=[[Croatian Post]] |url=https://www.posta.hr/print.aspx?id=3622&m=2138&p=-1 |work=posta.hr |access-date=2017-03-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303051142/https://www.posta.hr/print.aspx?id=3622&m=2138&p=-1 |archive-date=2017-03-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Trams in Dubrovnik|The tram service in Dubrovnik]] existed from 1910 to 1970.

[[Čingrija|Pero Čingrija]] (1837–1921), one of the leaders of the People's Party in Dalmatia,<ref name="hrcak.srce.hr">{{Cite web|url=http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/18700|title=Dvije pobjede don Ive Prodana na izborima za Carevinsko vijeće u Beču}}</ref> played the main role in the merger of the People's Party and the Party of Right into a single Croatian Party in 1905.