See also:FIUME (Slay. Rjeka, Rieka or Reka, Ger. St See also:Veit am Flaum)
, a royal See also:free See also:town and See also:port of See also:Hungary; situated at the See also:northern extremity of the Gulf of Quarnero, an inlet of the Adriatic, and on a small stream called the Rjeka, Recina or Fiumara, 70 M. by See also:rail S.E. of See also:Trieste
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Pop
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(1900) 38,955; including 17,354 Italians, 14,885 Slays (Croats, Serbs and See also:Slovenes), 2482 Hungarians and 1945 Germans
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Geographically, See also:Fiume belongs to Croatia; politically the town, with its territory of some 7 sq. m., became a See also:part of Hungary in See also:August 187o
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The picturesque old town occupies an outlying See also:ridge of the Croatian See also:Karst; while the See also:modern town, with its wharves, warehouses, electric See also:light and electric trams, is crowded into the See also:amphitheatre See also:left between the hills and the See also:shore
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On the See also:north-See also:west there is a See also:fine public See also:garden
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The most interesting buildings are the See also:cathedral See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of the See also:Assumption, founded in 1377, and completed with a modern See also:facade copied from that of the See also:Pantheon in See also:Rome; the church of St See also:Veit, on the See also:model of See also:Santa Maria della Salute in See also:Venice; and the See also:Pilgrimage church, hung with offerings from shipwrecked sailors, and approached by a stairway of 400 steps
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In the old town is a See also:Roman triumphal See also:arch, said to have been erected during the 3rd See also:century A.D. in See also:honour of the See also:emperor See also:Claudius II
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Fiume also possesses a See also:theatre and a See also:music-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; palaces for the See also:governor and the See also:Austrian emperor; a high See also:court of See also:justice for See also:commerce and marine; a chamber of commerce; an See also:asylum for lunatics and the aged poor; an See also:industrial See also:home for boys; and several large See also:schools, including the marine See also:academy (1856) and the school of See also:seamanship (1903)
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Municipal affairs are principally managed by the Italians, who sympathize with the Hungarians against the Slays
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Fiume is the only seaport of Hungary, with which See also:country it was connected, in 1809, by the Maria Louisa road, through See also:Karlstadt
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It has two See also:railways, opened in 1873; one a See also:branch of the See also:southern railway from See also:Vienna to Trieste, the other of the
II
Hungarian See also:state railway from Karlstadt
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There are several harbours, including the See also:Porto See also:Canale, for See also:coasting vessels; the Porto See also:Baross, for See also:timber; and the Porto Grande, sheltered by the Maria Theresia See also:mole and See also:breakwater, besides four lesser moles, and flanked by the quays, with their See also:grain-See also:elevators
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The development of the Porto Grande, originally named the Porto Nuovo, was undertaken in 1847, and carried on at intervals as See also:trade increased
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In 1902, arrangements were made for the construction of a new mole and an enlargement of the quays and breakwater; these See also:works to be completed within 5 years, at a cost of £420,000
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The exports, See also:worth £6,460,000 in 1902, chiefly consisted of grain, See also:flour, See also:sugar, timber and horses; the imports, worth £3,678,000 in the same See also:year, of See also:coal, See also:wine, See also:rice, See also:fruit, jute and various minerals, chemicals and See also:oils
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A large See also:share in the carrying trade belongs to the See also:Cunard, See also:Adria, Ungaro-Croat and Austrian See also:Lloyd Steamship Companies, subsidized by the state
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A steady stream of Croatian and Hungarian emigrants, officially numbered in 1902 at 7500, passes through Fiume
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Altogether 11,550 vessels, of 1,963,000 tons, entered at Fiume in 1902; and 11,535, of 1,956,000, cleared
.
Foremost among the industrial establishments are See also:Whitehead's See also:torpedo factory, Messrs See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith & Meynie's See also:paper-See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill, the royal See also:tobacco factory, a chemical factory, and several flour-See also:mills, tanneries and rope manufactories
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In 1902 the last See also:shipbuilding yard was closed
.
The See also:soil of the surrounding country is stony, but the See also:climate is warm, and wine is extensively produced
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The Gulf of Quarnero yields a plentiful See also:supply of See also:fish, and the See also:tunny trade with Trieste and Venice is of considerable importance
.
Steamboats ply daily from Fiume to the Istrian See also:health-resort of See also:Abbazia, the Croatian port of See also:Buccari, and the islands of See also:Veglia and See also:Cherso
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Fiume is supposed to occupy the site of the See also:ancient Liburnian town Tersatica; later it received the name of Vitopolis, and eventually that of Fanum Sancti Viti ad Flumen, from which its See also:present name is derived
.
It was destroyed by See also:Charlemagne in 799, from which See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time it probably See also:long remained under the dominion of the See also:Franks
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It was held in feudal See also:tenure from the See also:patriarch of See also:Aquileia by the See also:bishop of See also:Pola, and afterwards, in 1139, by the See also:counts of Duino, who retained it till the end of the 14th century
.
It next passed into the hands of the counts of Wallsee, by whom it was surrendered in 1471 to the emperor See also:Frederick III., who incorporated it with the dominions of the See also:house of See also:Austria
.
From this date till 1776 Fiume was ruled by imperial See also:governors
.
In 1723 it was declared a free port by See also:Charles VI., in 1776 See also:united to Croatia by the empress Maria See also:Theresa, and in 1779 declared a corpus separatism of the Hungarian See also:crown
.
In 1809 Fiume was occupied by the See also:French; but it was retaken by the See also:British in 1813, and restored to Austria in the following year
.
It was ceded to Hungary in 1822, but after the revolution of 1848–1849 was annexed to the crown lands of Croatia, under the See also:government of which it remained till it came under Hungarian See also:control in 1870
.
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