DJAKOVO (sometimes written Djakovar, Hungarian Diakovdr)  , a city of Croatia-Slavonia, Hungary; in the county of Virovitica, loo m . E. by S. of Agram . Pop . (1900) 6824 . Djakovo is a Roman Catholic episcopal see, whose occupant bears the title " Bishop of Bosnia, Slavonia and Sirmium." During the life of Bishop Strossmayer (1815–1905) it was one of the chief centres of religious and political activity among the Croats . The cathedral, a vast basilica built of brick and white stone, with a central dome and two lofty spires above the north entrance, was founded in 1866 and consecrated in 1882 . Its style is Romanesque, chosen by Strossmayer as symbolical of the position of his country midway between east and west . The interior is magnificently decorated with mosaics, mural paintings and statuary, chiefly the work of local artists . Other noteworthy buildings are the nunnery, ecclesiastical seminary and episcopal palace . Djakovo has a thriving trade in agricultural produce . Many Roman remains have been discovered in the neighbourhood, but the earliest mention of the city is in 1244, when Bela IV. of Hungary confirmed the title-deeds of its owners, the bishops of Bosnia . For a full description of the cathedral, in Serbo-Croatian and French, see the finely illustrated folio Stolna Crkva u Djakovu, published by the South Slavonic Academy (Agram, 1900) .