The rector (in Latin; Italian : rettore, Serbo-Croatian : knez) was an official in the government of the Republic of Ragusa. The holder was the head of the executive powers of Ragusa, part of the Small Council (Consilium minus). The rector was seated at the Rector's Palace.
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The Republic of Ragusa was an aristocratic maritime republic centered on the city of Dubrovnik in South Dalmatia that carried that name from 1358 until 1808. It reached its commercial peak in the 15th and the 16th centuries, before being conquered by Napoleon's French Empire and formally annexed by the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy in 1808. It had a population of about 30,000 people, of whom 5,000 lived within the city walls. Its motto was "Non bene pro toto libertas venditur auro", a Latin phrase which can be translated "Liberty is not well sold for all the gold".
The House of Gundulić was a noble family of the Republic of Ragusa, considered one of the most prestigious families of the republic. It had origins in southern Dalmatia and Tyrol. The family´s motto is Tout ou rien.
The House of Ghetaldi or Getaldić, Latin: Ghetaldus, Ghetaldius) was a noble family of the Republic of Ragusa.
The unveiling of the Gundulić monument in Dubrovnik on May 20, 1893, was a symbolical event in the political history of Dubrovnik, since it brought to the surface the wider tensions between the two political sides of the city, the Croats and the Serb-Catholics in the pre-World War I political struggles in the region.
Trpanj, is a municipality of Dubrovnik-Neretva County in south-eastern Croatia.
The House of Sorgo or Sorkočević was the name of a noble family of the Republic of Ragusa.
The House of Pucić, known also as Pozza in Italian, is a noble family from the Republic of Ragusa.
The Vladimir Nazor Award is a Croatian prize for arts and culture established in 1959 and awarded every year by the Ministry of Culture.
The House of Saraka or Saraca was an old noble family from the Republic of Ragusa. The family came from Kotor in the year 1172.
The House of Kaboga were a patrician family from the city of Dubrovnik and its Republic of Ragusa. Their numbers, economic power and social and political status marked them as wealthy, influential and noble. Originating in the eighth century, they are one of the oldest and best-known families in Dubrovnik. Many of its members were rector (knez) of the republic, and the Austrian Empire recognized its members in 1818 and 1833 as counts.
The Greatest Croatian was an open-access poll conducted over five weeks in 2003 by the Croatian weekly Nacional.
The House of Bona, or Bunić, is a noble family long established in the city of Dubrovnik.
The Giorgi or Zorzi were a noble family of the Republic of Venice and the Republic of Ragusa.
Paladino Gondola was a Ragusan diplomat and merchant, a member of noble Gondola noble family.
The Ghetaldi were an Austrian noble family that originated from the Ghetaldi family of the Republic of Ragusa.
The nobility of the Republic of Ragusa included patrician families, most of which originated from the City of Dubrovnik, and some coming from other, mostly neighbouring, countries.