Ivo Tartaglia
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Ivo Tartaglia | |
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| 32nd Mayor of Split | |
| In office 1918–1928 | |
| Preceded by | Josip Smodlaka |
| Succeeded by | Petar Bonetti |
| 1st Ban of Littoral Banovina | |
| In office 1929–1932 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Josip Jablanović |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 February 1880 |
| Died | 3 April 1949 (aged 69) |
Dr. Ivo Tartaglia (Croatian pronunciation: [ǐːʋo tartâʎa]; 5 February 1880 – 3 April 1949) was "a committed anti-fascist",[1] a former ban (governor) of the province of Littoral Banovina (Croatian/Serbo-Croat: Primorska banovina),[1] and the 32nd mayor of Split, Yugoslavia (in what is today known as Croatia).
Tartaglia was born in Split in 1880. He grew up in a noble family with Dalmatian Italian roots.
He was known as a patron, art lover, bibliophile, and collector. On 29 May 1928, the Split Town Hall decided to form the Gallery of Fine Arts, but due to a lack of funds, the Gallery did not open until 1 December 1931 (as the Gallery of Fine Arts of the Coastal Province). Tartaglia's bequest added more than 300 works to the Gallery's holdings.[2]
Following the death of Juraj Biankini, Tartaglia became the president of Jadranska straža.[3]
In June 1948, Tartaglia was put on trial in Split, along with others, on charges of having expressed pro-Mussolini sentiments and otherwise undermining the government of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. (Tartaglia had opposed Mussolini during World War II.) He was sentenced to seven years at hard labor, plus the loss of his civic rights for two years after that, as well as having all of his property confiscated.[1]
Tartaglia died in 1949 at the Lepoglava prison.
