ABBAZIA  , a popular summer and

winter resort of Austria, in Istria, 56 m . S.E. of Trieste by rail . Pop . (1900) 2343 . It is situated on the Gulf of Quarnero in a sheltered position at the foot of the Monte Maggiore (4580 ft.), and is surrounded by beautiful woods of laurel . The average temperature is 5o° Fahr. in winter, and 770 Fahr. in summer . The old abbey, San Giacomo della Priluca, from which the place derives its name, has been converted into a villa . Abbazia is frequented annually by about 16,000 visitors . The whole sea-coast to the north and south of Abbazia is rocky and picturesque, and contains several smaller winter-resorts . The largest of them is Lovrana (pop . 513), situated 5 M. to the south .