Smecchia

Smecchia is an aristocratic family of Serbo-Croatian origins. The vernacular is Smeća or Smekja.

Smecchia
Other names
Variant form(s)Smekja, Smeća

Petar Smekja brought about the economic prosperity of the family, following his famous merchant undertaking when he established a trading route between Venice and the Baltic countries in his ship “Leon Koronato” in 1746. In 1748, he became a “Konte” (Count), while in 1779 the family acquired the status of Kotor nobility.[1]

A branch of the Smecchia family was notable in Perast, Boka Kotorska, Venetian Republic (today Montenegro). The Smekja palace is the biggest of all palaces in Perast. The three-story edifice with belvedere was entirely built of stone brought from the island of Korcula. A terraced porch stretches along the whole length of the first floor, while the second and third floors are decorated with balustraded balconies. Above the entrance is the coat-of-arms of the casada Cizmaj – two crossed branches with five feathers on each one.[2]

The earliest mention of the Smecchia family in Boka Kotorska is in a 1325 document.[3] The Perast manuscript was discovered in the house of the Smecchia family in Perast.[4]

See also

References
  1. "PERAST:::palaces". www.perast.com. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  2. "PERAST:::palaces". www.perast.com. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2014-04-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Анита Мажибрадић: Стара породица Смекја из Пераста и њени посједи, p. 185
  4. Kosovski boj u književnom i kulturnom nasleđu. Međunarodni slavistički centar. 1991. p. 37.
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