Frano Getaldić-Gundulić

Who was Frano Getaldić-Gundulić?

Baron Frano Getaldić-Gundulić or Francesco Ghetaldi-Gondola was the first son of Šišmundo Getaldić-Gundulić and Malvina Uršula Bosdari. Getaldić-Gundulić was a member of the Knights of St. John from 1889 until the death of the Mayor of Dubrovnik. He was decorated with the Cross of Devotion on June 15, 1857. He fought in the Franco-Prussian War. Getaldić-Gundulić founded the Philatelic Society in Dubrovnik on December 4, 1890.

For other side Baron Gondola, an improving landlord and horticulturist of Lapad, introduced some years ago brussels sprouts, blue cabbage, and other vegetables, later Baron Gondola founded an Agronomy school in Lapad, Gruž.

The Baron Gondola, was carried along with the International Committee composed for the English ladies Miss Adeline Pauline Irby and Miss Priscilla Johnston under M. Wesselitsky, for Herzegovin refugees peoples, the Baron Gondola wrote to the Times magazine, asking for further help for the refugees, his letter appeared on 12 April 1875. More than 150,000 people took refuge in Austro-Hungary in 1875 due to the Herzegovinian rebellion.