BRIONIAN ISLANDS  , a See also:

• GROUP

group of small islands, in the Adriatic See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea, off the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• ISTRIA (Ger. Istrien)

Istria, from which they are separated by the narrow See also:

• CANALE (or CANALETTO), ANTONIO (1697-1768)

Canale di Fasana . They belong to See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria and are twelve in number . Up to a See also:

• RECENT

recent See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period they were chiefly noted for their quarries, which have been worked for centuries and have supplied material not only for the palaces and See also:

• BRIDGES
• BRIDGES, ROBERT (1844– )

bridges of See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice and the whole Adriatic coast, but latterly for See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna and See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin also . As they command the entrance to the See also:

• NAVAL

naval See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour of See also:

• POLA (Gr. Hart or Haas; Slovene, Pulj)

Pola, a strong fortress, Fort Tegctthoff," has been erected on the largest of them (Brioni), together with See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor fortifications on some of the others . The islands are inhabited by about too See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian quarrymen .