See also:SEBENICO (Serbo-Croatian, Sibenik)
, an episcopal See also:city, and the centre of an administrative See also:district in See also:Dalmatia, See also:Austria; at the end of a See also:branch railway from Knin
.
Pop
.
(1900) of city and See also:commune, 24,751
.
See also:Sebenico is built on a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill overlooking the See also:river Kerka, which here forms a broad See also:basin, connected by a winding channel with the Adriatic See also:Sea, 3 m
.
S.W
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The city is partly walled, and guarded on the seaward See also:side by the 16th-See also:century See also:castle of St See also:Anna and two dismantled forts
.
Venetian See also:influence is everywhere See also:manifest; the See also:Lion of St See also:Mark is carved over the See also:main gateway and on many public buildings; and among the narrow and steep lanes of the city there are numerous examples of Venetian See also:Gothic or See also:early See also:Renaissance See also:architecture
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Sebenico has been the seat of a See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:bishop since 1288
.
It has also an orthodox bishop
.
The Roman Catholics, who constitute the See also:majority of citizens, possess a lofty and beautiful cruciform See also:cathedral, built entirely of See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone and See also:- METAL
- METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)
metal
.
Probably no other 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 equal See also:size in See also:Europe is similarly constructed
.
Even the waggon vaults over the See also:nave, See also:choir and transepts are of stone unprotected by See also:lead or tiles
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The older See also:part of the cathedral, dating from 1430 to 1441, and including the See also:fine See also:north See also:doorway, is See also:Italian Gothic
.
Giorgio See also:Orsini of See also:Zara, who had studied architecture in See also:Venice and been strongly influenced by the Italian Renascence, carried on the See also:work of construction until his See also:death in 1475
.
It was finished early in the 16th century; and thus the cathedral belongs to two distinct periods and represents two distinct styles
.
Sebenico is lighted by electric See also:light; the See also:power being supplied by the celebrated falls of the Kerka, near Scardona, on the north
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Sebenico is a steamship station, with an excellent See also:harbour
.
See also:Wine, oil, See also:corn and See also:honey are produced in the See also:neighbour-See also:hood; many of the inhabitants are fishermen and See also:seamen
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The Latin name of Sicum is adopted in public See also:inscriptions; but the city cannot be identified with the Roman See also:colony of Sicum, which was probably situated farther See also:south
.
Sebenico first became prominent in the 12th century as a favourite See also:residence of the Croatian See also:kings
.
From 1358 to 1412 it was ruled by I'ungary; it subsequently formed part of the Venetian dominions
.
In 1647 it was unsuccessfully besieged by the See also:Turks
.
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