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ROVIGNO

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 781 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ROVIGNO  , a seaport of

Austria, in Istria, 75 M . S. of Trieste by
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rail . Pop . (1900) 10,205, mostly
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Italian . It is situated on the west coast of Istria, and possesses an interesting
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cathedral, built on the
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summit of the promontory
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Monte di Sant' Eufemia . Its campanile, built after the model of the famous campanile in Venice, is crowned with a
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bronze statue of St Eufemia, the
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patron saint of the
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town, whose remains are preserved in the church . It contains a station of the Berlin Aquarium, with a
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fine collection of the
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fauna of the Adriatic Sea . In the neighbourhood are vineyards, which produce the best wine in Istria, and olive gardens, while its hazel-nuts are reputed the finest in the
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world . Rovigno is the
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principal centre of the
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Austrian tunny and sardine fishery . The
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industries, in addition to
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ship-
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building and the preservation of fish, include the manufacture of
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tobacco, cement, macaroni and similar preparations, and
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flour . There is an active export trade . Its inhabitants are renowned seamen .

Rovigno is the

ancient Arupenum or Rubinum, and according to tradition it was originally built on an island, Cissa by name, which disappeared during the earth-quakes about 737 . Rovigno passed definitively into the hands of the Venetians in 1330, and it remained true to the republic till the treaty of Campo Formio (1797) .

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