Draguć
Village in Istria, Croatia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Draguć (Italian: Draguccio) is a small fortified village in Croatia's Istria County. Today it pertains to the municipality of Cerovlje.[3]
There are several churches: Sant' Eliseo from the 12th century (frescoes form the 13th century), Madonna del Rosario, built in 1641 and San Rocco e San Sebastiano, frescoes by Antonio da Padova in 1529.
World-known surgeon Antonio Grossich (1849–1926) who in 1908 invented the application of tincture of iodine as a way to treat the surgical field was born in Draguć.
According to the 2021 census, its population was 56.[2]
Ethnic structure is marked with fluctuations in the 20th century, as indicated by languages spoken recorded in the Austrian and later census data.
| Year | Population |
(Serbo-)Croatian (%) |
Italian (%) |
Slovene (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 193 | 0 | 98.4 | 1.6 |
| 1890[4] | 189 | 7.4 | 91.0 | 1.6 |
| 1900 | 222 | 15.8 | 56.7 | 27.5 |
| 1910 | 249 | 80.7 | 18.9 | 0.4 |
| 1945 | 190 | 92.1 | 7.9 | 0 |
| 1991 | 70 | 95 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 79 | 95 | 5 | 0 |
In 2004 La Femme Musketeer a made-for-television movie produced by Hallmark Entertainment and Larry Levinson Productions, was filmed in Draguć.
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