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GORZ (Ital. Gorizia ; Slovene, Gorica)

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 262 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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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 . S.W. of See also:Vienna by See also:rail . Pop (1900) 25,432, two-thirds Italians, the See also:remainder mostly See also:Slovenes and Germans . It is picturesquely situated on the See also:left See also:bank of the Isonzo in a fertile valley, 35 M . N.N.W. of See also:Trieste by rail . 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:church of St See also:Ignatius, built in the 17th century by the See also:Jesuits . On an See also:eminence, which dominates the See also:town, is situated the old See also:castle, formerly the seat of the See also:counts of Gorz, now partly used as See also:barracks . Owing to the mildness of its See also:climate Gorz has become a favourite See also:winter-resort, and has received the name of the See also:Nice of See also:Austria . Its mean See also:annual temperature is 550 F.; while the mean winter temperature is 38.7° F . It is adorned with several See also:pretty gardens with a luxuriant See also:southern vegetation . On a height to the N. of the town is situated the Franciscan See also:convent of Castagnavizza, in whose See also:chapel See also:lie the remains of See also:Charles X. of See also:France(d . 1836), the last See also:Bourbon See also:king, of the See also:duke of See also:Angouleme (d .

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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