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See also:GORZ AND See also:GRADISCA , a See also:county and crownland of See also:Austria, bounded- E. by See also:Carniola, S. by See also:Istria, the Triestine territory and the Adriatic, W. by See also:Italy and N. by See also:Carinthia. It has an See also:area of 1140 sq. m. The See also:coast See also:line, though extending for 25 m., does not See also:present any See also:harbour of importance. It is fringed by alluvial deposits and lagoons, which are for the most See also:part of very See also:modern formation, for as See also:late as the 4th or 5th centuries See also:Aquileia was a See also:great seaport. The harbour of See also:Grado is the only one accessible to the larger See also:kind of See also:coasting See also:craft. On all sides, except towards the See also:south-See also:west where it unites with the Friulian See also:lowland, it is surrounded by mountains, and about four-sixths of its area is occupied by mountains and hills. From the See also:Julian See also:Alps, which See also:traverse the See also:province in the See also:north, the See also:country descends in successive terraces towards the See also:sea, and may roughly be divided into the upper See also:highlands, the See also:lower highlands, the hilly See also:district and the lowlands. The See also:principal peaks in the Julian Alps are the See also:Monte Canin (8469 ft.), the Manhart (8784 ft.), the Jalouc (8708 ft.), the Krn (7367 ft.), the Matajur (5386 ft.), and the highest See also:peak in the whole range, the Triglav or Terglou (9394 ft.). The Julian Alps are crossed by the Predil Pass (3811 ft.), through which passes the principal road from Carinthia to the Coastland. The See also:southern part of the province belongs to the See also:Karst region, and here are situated the famous cascades and grottoes of Sankt Kanzian, where the See also:river Reka begins its subterranean course. The principal river of the province is the Isonzo, which rises in the Triglav, and pursues a See also:strange zigzag course for a distance of 78 m. before it reaches the Adriatic. At Gorz the Isonzo is still 138 ft. above the sea, and it is navigable only in its lowest See also:section, where it takes the name of the Sdobba. Its principal affluents are the See also:Idria, the Wippach and the Torre with its tributary the Judrio, which forms for a See also:short distance the boundary between Austria and Italy. Of See also:special See also:interest not only in itself but for the frequent allusions to it in classical literature is the Timavus or Timavo, which appears near Duino, and after a very short course flows into the Gulf of See also:Trieste. In See also:ancient times it appears, according to the well-known description of See also:Virgil (Aen. i. 244) to have rushed from the See also:mountain by nine See also:separate mouths and with much See also:noise and commotion, but at present it usually issues from only three mouths and flows quiet, and still. It is strange enough, however, to see the river coming out full formed from the See also:rock, and capable at its very source of bearing vessels on its bosom. According to a probable See also:hypothesis it is a continuation of the above-mentioned river Reka, which is lost near Sankt Kanzian.
See also:Agriculture, and specially viticulture, is the principal occupation of the See also:population, and the See also:vine is here planted not only in See also:regular vineyards, but is introduced in See also:long lines through the See also:ordinary See also:fields and carried up the hills in terraces locally called ronchi. The rearing of the See also:silk-See also:worm, especially in the lowlands, constitutes another great source of See also:revenue, and furnishes the material for the only extensive See also:industry of the country. The manufacture of silk is carried on at Gorz, and in and around the See also:village of Haidenschaft. Gorz and Gradisca had in 1900 a population of 232,338, which is See also:equivalent to 203 inhabitants per square mile. According to See also:nationality about two-thirds were See also:Slovenes, and the See also:remainder Italians, with only about 2200 Germans. Almost the whole of the population (99.6%) belongs to the See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also: The See also:local See also:diet, of which the See also:archbishop of Gorz is a member ex-officio, is composed of 22 members, and the crownland sends 5 deputies to the Reichsrat at See also:Vienna. For administrative purposes the province is divided into 4 districts and an autonomous See also:municipality, Gorz (pop. 25,432), the See also:capital. Other principal places are Cormons (5824), Monfalcone (5536), Kirchheim (5699), Gradisca (3843) and Aquileia (2319).
Gorz first appears distinctly in See also:history about the See also:close of the loth See also:century, as part of a district bestowed by the See also:emperor See also:Otto III. on See also: Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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