Draguć
Draguć is a small fortified village in Croatia's Istria County.
Today it pertains to the municipality of Cerovlje.
There are several churches: Sant' Eliseo from the 12th 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 who in 1908 invented the application of Tincture of iodine as a way to treat the surgical field was born in Draguć.
Ethnic structure is marked with fluctuations in the 20th century, as it can be seen from the census data.
Year | Population
| Croatian Language | Italian Language | Slovene Language |
1880 | 193 | 0 | 98,4 | 1,6 |
1890 | 189 | 7,4 | 91 | 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 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
2001 | 79 | 100 | 0 | 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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