Girolamo Luxardo (entrepreneur)

[1][2] His wife Maria Canevari produced liqueurs at home, specializing in "rosolio maraschino", a liquor from Dalmatia.

[3] In 1821, he opened a distillery, receiving the privilege to produce maraschino from the Court of Vienna.

[1] The presidency of Zadar's chamber of commerce, which was re-organized by Luxardo, was held by members of his family until 1943.

[1] The members of the Luxardo family consolidated the trade relationships between Italy and Dalmatia.

[1] The factory was destroyed in the 1943 bombings, and in the aftermath of World War II moved to Padua by his descendants.