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CAPODISTRIA

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 286 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CAPODISTRIA , a See also:

town and seaport of See also:Austria, in See also:Istria, 15 m. S.W. of See also:Trieste by See also:rail. Pop. (1900) 10,711, mostly Italians. It is situated on a small See also:island, which occupies the end of a large See also:bay in the Gulf of Trieste, and which is connected with the mainland by a See also:causeway See also:half a mile in length. Capodistria is an old town with small streets, and has preserved remarkably well its See also:Italian, almost its Venetian See also:character. The most noteworthy buildings are the See also:cathedral, the town-See also:hall and the Loggia or the old See also:law-See also:court, all situated in the See also:principal square. In addition to the extraction of See also:salt from the See also:sea in the extensive salt See also:works near the town, fishing and See also:shipbuilding are the other principal occupations of the See also:population. See also:Trade is chiefly in sea-salt, See also:wine and oil. Capodistria is usually identified with the town of Aegida, mentioned by See also:Pliny, which appears by an inscription to have afterwards received (in the 6th See also:century) the name of Justinopolis from See also:Justin II. When at the beginning of the 13th century Istria See also:fell into the hands of the patriarchs of See also:Aquileia, they made this town the See also:capital of the whole See also:province. Thence it acquired its actual name, which means the capital of Istria.

It was captured by the Venetians in 1279, and passed into See also:

Austrian See also:possession in 1797.

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