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See also:GORZ (Ital. Gorizia ; Slovene, Gorica)
, the See also:capital of the See also:Austrian crownland of See also:Gorz and See also:Gradisca, about 390 M
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S.W. of See also:Vienna by See also:rail
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Pop (1900) 25,432, two-thirds Italians, the See also:remainder mostly See also:Slovenes and Germans
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It is picturesquely situated on the See also:left See also:bank of the Isonzo in a fertile valley, 35 M
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N.N.W. of See also:Trieste by rail
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It is the seat of an See also:archbishop and possesses an interesting See also:cathedral, built in the 14th See also:century and the richly decorated See also: 1844), his son, and of the duke of See also:Chambord, (d . 1883) . Seven See also:miles to the See also:north of Gorz is the See also:Monte Santo (2275 ft.), a much-frequented See also:place on which stands a See also:pilgrimage church . The See also:industries include See also:cotton and See also:silk See also:weaving, See also:sugar refining, See also:brewing, the manufacture of See also:leather and the making of rosoglio . There is also a considerable See also:trade in wooden See also:work, vegetables, See also:early See also:fruit and See also:wine . Gorz is mentioned for the first See also:time at the beginning of the 11th century, and received its See also:charter as a town in 1307 . During the See also:middle ages the greater See also:part of its See also:population was See also:German . |
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