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See also:DJAKOVO (sometimes written Djakovar, Hungarian Diakovdr) , a See also:city of Croatia-Slavonia, See also:Hungary; in the See also:county of Virovitica, See also:loo m. E. by S. of See also:Agram. Pop. (1900) 6824. Djakovo is a See also:Roman See also:Catholic episcopal see, whose occupant bears the See also:title " See also:Bishop of Bosnia, Slavonia and Sirmium." During the See also:life of Bishop See also:Strossmayer (1815–1905) it was one of the See also:chief centres of religious and See also:political activity among the Croats. The See also:cathedral, a vast See also:basilica built of See also:brick and See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white 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, with a central See also:dome and two lofty See also:spires above the See also:north entrance, was founded in 1866 and consecrated in 1882. Its See also:style is Romanesque, chosen by Strossmayer as symbolical of the position of his See also:country midway between See also:east and See also:west. The interior is magnificently decorated with mosaics, mural paintings and statuary, chiefly the See also:work of See also:local artists. Other noteworthy buildings are the nunnery, ecclesiastical See also:seminary and episcopal See also:palace. Djakovo has a thriving See also:trade in agricultural produce. Many Roman remains have been discovered in the neighbourhood, but the earliest mention of the city is in 1244, when See also:Bela IV. of Hungary confirmed the title-deeds of its owners, the bishops of Bosnia.
For a full description of the cathedral, in Serbo-Croatian and See also:French, see the finely illustrated See also:folio Stolna Crkva u Djakovu, published by the See also:South See also:Slavonic See also:Academy (Agram, 1900).
End of Article: DJAKOVO (sometimes written Djakovar, Hungarian Diakovdr)
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