Nikola Bošković

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Nikola Bošković (1642 - 18 September 1721) went to the Republic of Dubrovnik as a trader in the service of Rad Getaldić, who then dispatched him to Novi Pazar in Sandžak, Ottoman Empire to learn from the local traders. Nikola returned to Dubrovnik as a very wealthy man. His travels through Rascia were written down by a Jesuit priest Riggeputti who was collecting material for his work Illyricum Sacrum, a history of Christianity in the Balkans. Bošković describes the historical and sacral monuments of Rascia including several Orthodox monasteries and royal palaces, and also comments on the sad state of Roman Catholic Church in these lands under the Turkish rule. After settling down in Dubrovnik, Nikola married a daughter of a local notable of Italian origin, Paula Bettera. He had eight children with Paula, the second youngest being the most famous - Ruđer Bošković.

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• Ruđer Bošković
• House of Boshko
• Republic of Ragusa