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Topic: History of Dalmatia


  
  Dalmatia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dalmatia is a region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, in modern Croatia, spreading between the island of Rab in the northwest and the Gulf of Kotor (Boka Kotorska) in the southeast.
Dalmatia signified not only a geographical unit, but it was an entity based on common culture and settlement types, a common narrow eastern Adriatic coastal belt, Mediterranean climate, sclereophyllus vegetation of the Illyrian vegetation province, Adriatic carbonate platform, and karst morphology.
Dalmatia was divided between three federal republics of Yugoslavia - almost all of the territory went to Croatia, leaving the Gulf of Kotor to Montenegro and a small strip of coast at Neum to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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 DALMATIA - LoveToKnow Article on DALMATIA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Dalmatia is bounded, on the landward side, by Croatia and Bosnia, in the N.and N.E.; and by Herzegovina and Montenegro, in the S.E. and S. Its area amounts to 4923 sq.
Dalmatia possesses a magnificent anchorage in the Bocche di Cattaro, and there are numerous lesser havens, at Sebenico, Trau, Zara and elsewhere along the coast and among the islands.
Rivalry of Venice and Hungary in Dalmatia, 1102-1420.
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 Dalmatia
The ecclesiastical province of Dalmatia was erected by Leo XII in 1828, by the Bull "Locum beati Petri", when the two Archbishoprics of Spljet and Dubrovnik were suppressed, and Zadar was made the see of the archbishop.
This province now received the name of Dalmatia and comprised all the land south of the River Sava, within which were many famous watering places, such as Aquæ Jassæ (the Varazdinske toplice of today), Aquæ Balissæ (Lipik in Croatia), and much mineral wealth exploited by them, as appears from their remains today.
The literature of Dalmatia from its beginning in the eleventh century was inspired by the Catholic Church and remained so until the rise of Humanism.
www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/d/dalmatia.html   (2112 words)

  
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Bosnian history from then until the early 14th century was marked by the power struggle between the ubi and Kotromani families.
In recorded history, the area was inhabited by the Illyrians, and since the 4th century BC also colonized by the Celts and by the Greeks.
Dalmatia, Greece, and the Levant are its outlying possessions.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/D/Dalmatia.htm   (1609 words)

  
 Dalmatia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Dalmatia (Croatian Dalmacija, Italian Dalmazia, Serbian Далмација;) is a region of Croatia on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, spreading between the island of Pag in the northwest and the Bay of Kotor in the southeast.
Dalmatia never attained a political or racial unity and never formed as a nation,but it achieved a remarkable development of art, science and literature.
Dalmatia experienced a period of intense economic and cultural growth in the 18th century, given how trade routes with the hinterland were reestablished in peace.
www.therfcc.org /dalmatia-27128.html   (2733 words)

  
 Wikipedia:WikiProject History - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The category for the history of the modern nation X should be called "History of X" or "History of the X" and included.
For example, Category:Military history of the United Kingdom is a sub-category of both Category:Military history and of Category:History of the United Kingdom.
This might create loops in the categories, for example Category:History of Ireland is in Category:History of the Republic of Ireland by the historical rule, and the latter is in the former by the geographical rule.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_History   (1769 words)

  
 Dalmatia Exposition @ AlienArtifacts.com (Alien Artifacts)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The most southern transitional part of Dalmatia, the Gulf of Kotor is not part of Croatian Dalmatia, but part of Montenegro.
In the tectonical sense, Orjen is the highest mountain of Dalmatia, while Biokovo is the highest mountain of the administrative unit of Dalmatia.
The southern sections of inland Dalmatia were more fragmented and inhabited by Serbs,, with the Principalities/Duchies of Pagania (Narenta or the Principality of Neretvians), Zahumlje (Hum), Travunia and Doclea/Zeta being occasionally prominent, especially in the later periods.
www.alienartifacts.com /encyclopedia/Dalmatia   (1178 words)

  
 Dalmatia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Dalmatia is currently composed of four counties cities of which are Zadar Šibenik Split and Dubrovnik.
The province of Dalmatia spread inland to all of the Dinaric Alps and most of the eastern Adriatic Its capital was in the city of Salona (Solin).
Dalmatia experienced a period of intense economic cultural growth in the 18th century given how trade routes with the were reestablished in peace.
www.freeglossary.com /Dalmatia   (2721 words)

  
 WHKMLA : History of Dalmatia, 614-802
The Roman province of Dalmatia used to extend from the Adriatic Sea to the Drava and Danube Rivers.
Dalmatia owed her continued existence to her own resilience; Byzantium, during the crucial years of 614-615, was incapable of sending support.
Giuseppe Praga, History of Dalmatia, Pisa : Giardini 1993
www.zum.de /whkmla/region/balkans/dalmatia614802.html   (386 words)

  
 travelwithlouis: Dalmatia _ July 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Dalmatia is the southern half of the western region of Croatia that lies on the Adriatic Sea.
About the history of the region, Dalmacija (or Dalmatia in the English spelling) is a part of Croatia, which is a part of the former country of Yugoslavia, which is one of the so-called “Balkan” nations of southeastern Europe.
Given their history of Nazi cooperation, they were the region least favored for government investment; however, the beauty of Dalmatia and its tolerance for nude beaches allowed it to become a major tourist attraction for Europeans.
travelwithlouis.blogspot.com /2005/07/dalmatia-july-2002.html   (6100 words)

  
 Italians and Dalmatia - Stormfront White Nationalist Community   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The name Dalmatia today includes the islands and the territories washed by the Eastern Adriatic that, separated from the Balkan hinterland by the ranges of the Bebie Alps, the Dinaric Alps, the Littoral mountains, from the arc of the Giulie Alps successively extend beyond Cattaro up to the Albanian borders.
But Giulio Nepote kept in Dalmatia the insigna of the Empire and the Roman spirit until 480, when he was killed, in consequence of an internal conspiracy, "haud longe a Salona sua in villa", in one of his villas not far from Salona, i.e.
In Zara, the cycle race for the regional Championship of Dalmatia organized by the Veloce Club Zaratino, was cancelled for the mourning for the death of Archduke Francesco Ferdinando and his wife Countess Sofia Chotek.
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 Urbino: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Dalmatia (croatian dalmacija, italian languageitalian dalmazia, serbian) is a region...
The later history of Urbino is part of the history of the Papal States Papal States quick summary:
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www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/u/ur/urbino.htm   (2109 words)

  
 Dalmatia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Croatian Adriatic, from Istria in the north to Dalmatia in the south, is one of the most indented coastlines in Europe, with more islands than 101...
In the period of the rise of the Serbian state of Raska, the Nemanjići dynasty acquired the southern Dalmatian states and the coastal cities by the end of the twelfth century, but most of them, notably Duklja, remained populated by Catholics.
After the revolutions of 1848 and particularly since the 1860s, the Croats from Dalmatia advocated a union with the Croats from Croatia, which were under Hungarian administration.
www.wikiverse.org /dalmatia   (2971 words)

  
 APARTMAN SARAH
Many dates, persons and acts in the cultural history of Dalmatia and Croatia, are to be connected with Trogir.
The tumultuous history of this town, filled with fascinating events and amazing legends, still engraved in its stony face, you will experience on the ancient walls and towers, mystic streets, harmony of the colours of the centennial stone, mediteranean vegetation, see, sky and sun.
Between the stony monuments you will be able to follow the continuity of life and human creativity in the environment, where the sun and the see, the stone and the nature, are the integral part of life.
www.inet.hr /~ppavlov/trogire.htm   (491 words)

  
 Dalmatia
Except for a coastal lowland, Dalmatia is generally mountainous, rising to the Dinaric Alps.
The Treaty of Campo Formio (1797) gave Venetian Dalmatia to Austria, and the Treaty of Pressburg (1805) gave it to France.
Many of the port cities in SE Dalmatia were heavily shelled as the Serbs, backed by Yugoslavian federal forces, unsuccessfully attempted to detach that region from Croatia.
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 DOMINIKOVICH from MOMICI in DALMATIA
The history of this area dates back to the very distant past when the Stone-Age man left the first traces on the Adriatic Coast.
As the region on the outskirts of the great Austrian Empire, in the 19th century central Dalmatia was completely economically and culturally underdeveloped, yet at the same time Croatian political awareness strengthened.
Following WW 1, Italy took for itself the southwestern portion of duchy of Carniola, the county of Gorizia-Gradisca, the margraviate of Istria, the town of Trieste, the southern portion of the county of Tyrol, city of Zadar (formerly part of the Kingdom of Dalmatia), and the islands of Cherso/Ceres, Lusino/Los^inj, and Lagosta/Lastovo.
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 Dalmatia - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Dalmatia
Dalmatia became Austrian in 1815 and by the treaty of Rapallo in 1920 became part of the kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (Yugoslavia from 1931), except for the town of Zadar (Zara) and the island of Lastovo (Lagosta), which, with neighbouring islets, were given to Italy until transferred to Yugoslavia in 1947.
"His papers are burned, his effects are removed, and his quarters are being got ready for the Duke of Dalmatia," Jos's informant replied.
Dalmatia in late Middle Ages and in New Era
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Dalmatia   (226 words)

  
 WHKMLA : History of Dalmatia, 1204-1347
Dalmatia is located in an area where several political spheres overlapped, a factor supported by geography - a sphere of maritime powers, since 1202 dominated by Venice, and a sphere exposed to land powers, mainly Hungary, and further in the south Serbia (later Bosnia resp.
In 1243 a Venetian expedition took Zara; the Zaratines abandoned their city, the city was repopulated with Venetians; in 1247 the exiles were permitted to return.
The conflict between Venice and the Subich Bans of Croatia and Dalmatia continued into the 1320es; Venice overcame a number of revolts in Zara and other Dalmatian cities, where she intensified her control by appointing Venetians to the position of podesta.
www.zum.de /whkmla/region/balkans/dalmatia12041347.html   (588 words)

  
 WHKMLA : History of Dalmatia, 1660-1797
Late in the Fifth Venetian-Ottoman War (1645-1669), the war in Dalmatia was fought on a low scale.
In Dalmatia, the fortress of Sign was conquered in 1686, By 1688, Dalmatia was cleared of Ottoman forces.
In 1718, Dalmatia had a population of 108,090; in 1781 the census counted 263,674; in 1795 the number was 288,320.
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 ALBANIA - Online Information article about ALBANIA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Figulus in 156, but Figulus was driven back to the Roman frontier, and in Dalmatia the Illyrians were not finally subdued until 165 years afterwards.
In 481 Dalmatia was added to the Ostrogothic kingdom, which already included the more northerly parts of Illyricum, Le, Pannonia and Noricum.
Dalmatia was partially reconquered by Justinian in 536, but after 565 it was devastated by the See also:
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 Where is Dalmatia?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Dalmatia is the southern coastal region of the Republic of Croatia (the local name for Croatia is Hrvatska), in south east Europe.
Much of this history has been a history of war, even up to the present.
The geography of Dalmatia is a mixture of mountains and sea, with the Dinaric Alps making up the interior, while the Adriatic Sea forms a border to the south.
www.peopleteams.org /procro/where.htm   (183 words)

  
 SVIBOR - Project code: 6-02-114
For the period of High Middle Ages the subject of research will be the history of coastal towns, mainly their economic and cultural ties with nearby Croatian feudal lords.
For the period of the rule of Venice in Dalmatia greatest attention will be payed to the economic and political aspects of the life of province during the 18th and 19th centuries (i.e.
Research goals: Goals of the proposed project are to fully expand research of national history as means of evaluating national heritage and to pinpoint the crucial historical situations which determined the course of Croatian history and current state od affairs in the province of Dalmatia.
www.mzos.hr /svibor/6/02/114/proj_e.htm   (342 words)

  
 Alibris: Browse Books by ISBN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
0562369660: History of Edgefield County from the Earliest Settlements to 1897
0562348574: The history of Easingwold and the Forest of Galtres
0562356747: The history of Eastern Shore Chapel and Lynnhaven Parish, 1642-1969
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 WHKMLA : History of Dalmatia, 1420-1526
While Dalmatia was in peril, Venice faced, in the War of the League of Cambrai (1508-1509), a powerful alliance of christian rulers, and suffered defeat in the Battle of Agnadello (1509).
The allies had allocated Dalmatia as a prize which was to fall to Hungary - but no Hungarian campaign into Dalmatia materialized.
In 1521 the Ottoman Turks took Belgrade; in the Battle of Mohacs, the Hungarian army was annihilated, the King of Hungary fell in battle; the balance of powers in the region was destroyed, Dalmatia under imminent threat.
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 History of Croatia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The people settled during the first half of the sixth century in Pannonia Inferior, now Lower Hungary, and on the eastern banks of the Danube.
Here they struggled for their very existence against the Avars, a bloodthirsty people, and then crossed the Drave to Pannonia Superior and Dalmatia, provinces of the Roman Empire, to which they gave the name of Croatia.
Heraclius, the Byzantine emperor, was compelled to abandon his provinces in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula.
www.historyofnations.net /europe/croatia.html   (1436 words)

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