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See also:SCUTARI (anc. Scodra, Slay. Skadar, Albanian Shkoder, or with the definite See also:article Shkedr-a) , the See also:capital of the vilayet of See also:Scutari and See also:principal See also:city of See also:Albania, See also:European See also:Turkey; op the See also:south-eastern See also:shore of See also:Lake Scutari, near the confluence of the Drin and Boyana See also:rivers, and 14 M. inland from the Adriatic See also:Sea . Pop . (1905) about 32,000 . The See also:plain in which Scutari is built extends southwards to Alessio and northwards to the Montenegrin frontier . It is enclosed by lofty mountains, on every See also:side except where it adjoins the lake . It is very liable to be flooded, and this liability was greatly increased towards the See also:close of the 19th See also:century by the deflection of the Drin and its junction with the Boyana . Its See also:bazaar and mosques give Scutari an See also:oriental See also:appearance, but the finest of its buildings are See also:Italian—an old Venetian citadel on a high See also:crag, and a See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:cathedral . The city is the seat of a Roman Catholic See also:archbishop and a Jesuit See also:college and See also:seminary, which are subsidized by the See also:Austrian See also:government . The See also:trade of Scutari tends to decline and to be diverted to See also:Salonica and other ports connected with the See also:main European See also:railways . See also:Grain, See also:wool, hides and skins, See also:tobacco and See also:sumach are exported; arms and See also:cotton stuffs are manufactured; and textiles, metals, See also:pro-visions and hardware are imported . Large quantities of a See also:kind of sardine, called scoranze by the Italians and seraga by the Albanians, are caught in the Boyana and cured for export or See also:home See also:consumption . The Boyana is navigable by small sea-going vessels as far as Oboti, 12 M. from its mouth; cargoes for Scutari are then transhipped into See also:light See also:river See also:craft .
The steamers of the Anglo-Montenegrin_ trading See also:company ply on the lake
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See also:Livy relates that Scodra was chosen as capital by the Illyrian See also: |
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