House of Sorgo/Sorkočević
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The noble family of Sorgo or Sorkočević originated in Dubrovnik.
[edit] Members
- Antun Sorkočević (Compte de Sorgo, 1775-1841), a good friend of Marko Bruerovic, was the last ambassador of his native Republic of Ragusa in France, where he spent 35 years. Author of numerous publications, he became member of Académie Celtique (1806), Société des Antiquaries (1828). Among other books he published "Mémoire sur la langue et les moeurs des peuples slaves", "Fragments sur l'histoire et la littérature de la République de Raguse et sur la langue slave", translated Ivan Gundulić'es Osman (Osman, poéme illyrien en vingt chants) in 1838.
- Luka Sorkočević (1734-1789), whose beautiful symphonies are performed throughout the world, lived in Dubrovnik (you are just listening to his Andante). His two sisters were the first female composers in Croatia.
- Nikola Sorgoević from Dubrovnik wrote an important book about navigation, shipbuilding, and tides, published in 1574.
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