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''Pumpurela'' from 1870.
District
building and elementary school from 1888
New church of St. George from 1897
Lighthouse from 1898.
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After
the peace settlement in Camofori in May 1797, the Venice part of Dalmatia and
Boka Kotorska became Austrian. After 377 years of Venice administration,
Sucuraj had a new ruler. Austria went to war with Napoleon in 1798 so her
sovereignty was short. On the 26.12.1805 Dalmatia and whit it Sucuraj came
under France.
In March 1806 the fortress in Sucuraj was taken over by a French military
crew. Soon after there was a battle between the French and Russian
war-ships in front of Sucuraj. The Russians in Autumn the same year robbed
a big French wine-magazine in Sucuraj, they took 6150 litters of wine and
24 litres of vinegar! On the day 26.04.1807 Russian ships and Montenegro
pirates again attacked Sucuraj but heroic resistance of armed Sucuraj
people turned them back. The French general provincial as gratitude ordered
the sale of wheat from the magazines to the people of Sucuraj with a big
discount – at 10 times less price!
After these times there was a short peaceful time and economical
development of Sucuraj. By decision of Napoleon on 25.04.1811 Sucuraj
became a district. At this time started the building of the new graveyard
(now called the old); a road to Hvar and public lighting was instalated.
The old lighthouse was built and sacred to St. Anthony the monarch. After
the defeat of Napoleon near Moscow the French lost authority over Sucuraj
and Sucuraj went back under Austrian authority.
In 1817 the elementary school in Sucuraj was established. In 1867 came the
Austrian-Hungary agreement and the Austria-Hungary monarchy was
established. In the middle 19th century started the big economic develop of
Sucuraj. The main economic branches were fishing, vineyards and olive-oil
making. In Sucuraj there were 11 big nets for catching sardines, the
vineyards gave 1500 tons of vine, the most famous called PRC (or Muscat)
and vas used in the place of the emperor Francis-Joseph. The post office
was built in 1868, the telegraph in 1871. In this time many public objects
were built. First in 1870 the pier was built (''pumpurela'' – picture left)
and part of the harbour bank. In 1888 the district building and elementary
school was built, in 1889 the first public well with drinking water. In
1897 the new church of St. George (picture right), in 1898 the new
lighthouse.
At the end of the 19th century came filocsery – a disease that in a few
years destroyed the biggest part of the Sucuraj vineyards, the main
economic branch in Sucuraj.
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