Draguć
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Draguć is a small fortified village in Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

's Istria County
Istria County
Istria County is the westernmost county of Croatia which includes the biggest part of the Istrian peninsula . The area of the county is called Istra in Croatian and Slovene...

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Today it pertains to the municipality of Cerovlje
Cerovlje
Cerovlje is a village and municipality at the very centre of the Istrian peninsula in Croatia. Many ancient settlements, old towns and once solid castles can be found on that territory...

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There are several churches: Sant' Eliseo from the 12th century (frescoes form the 13th 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
Antonio Grossich
Antonio Grossich . He was a surgeon from Fiume, a politician and writer....

 (1849–1926) 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
Serbo-Croatian Language
(%)
Italian Language
(%)
Slovene Language
(%)
1880 193 0 98,4 1,6
1890 189 91 7,4 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
La Femme Musketeer
La Femme Musketeer is a made for television movie produced by Hallmark Entertainment and Larry Levinson Productions, filmed on Draguć in Croatia. It originally premiered on June 20, 2004 on Hallmark Channel.-Plot summary:...

a made for television movie produced by Hallmark Entertainment and Larry Levinson Productions, was filmed in Draguć.
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