CAPODISTRIA  , a See also:

• TOWN

town and seaport of 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, in See also:

• ISTRIA (Ger. Istrien)

Istria, 15 m . S.W. of See also:

• TRIESTE (Ger. Triest; Slay. Trst; the Roman Tergeste, q.v.)

Trieste by See also:

• RAIL

rail . Pop . (1900) 10,711, mostly Italians . It is situated on a small See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island, which occupies the end of a large See also:

• BAY

bay in the Gulf of Trieste, and which is connected with the mainland by a See also:

• CAUSEWAY

causeway See also:

• HALF

half a mile in length . Capodistria is an old town with small streets, and has preserved remarkably well its See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian, almost its Venetian See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character . The most noteworthy buildings are the See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral, the town-See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

hall and the Loggia or the old See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law-See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court, all situated in the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal square . In addition to the extraction of See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

salt from the 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 in the extensive salt See also:

• WORKS

works near the town, fishing and See also:

• SHIPBUILDING

shipbuilding are the other principal occupations of the See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population . See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

Trade is chiefly in sea-salt, See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine and oil . Capodistria is usually identified with the town of Aegida, mentioned by See also:

• PLINY, THE ELDER
• PLINY, THE YOUNGER

Pliny, which appears by an inscription to have afterwards received (in the 6th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century) the name of Justinopolis from See also:

• JUSTIN (JUNIANUS JUSTINUS)

Justin II . When at the beginning of the 13th century Istria See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell into the hands of the patriarchs of See also:

• AQUILEIA

Aquileia, they made this town the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the whole See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province . Thence it acquired its actual name, which means the capital of Istria .

It was captured by the Venetians in 1279, and passed into See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession in 1797 .