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MACARSCA (Serbo-Croatian, Makarska)

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 193 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MACARSCA (Serbo-Croatian, Makarska) , the See also:chief See also:town of an administrative See also:district in See also:Dalmatia, See also:Austria; situated opposite to the See also:island of Brazza, about 32 M. S.E. of See also:Spalato. Pop. (1900), of town 18o5; of See also:commune, rr,o16, chiefly Serbo-Croatian. Macarsca is a See also:port of See also:call for the See also:Austrian See also:Lloyd steamers, and has a brisk See also:trade in See also:wine, See also:grain and See also:fruit. Under the name of Mocrum, Macarsca was a thriving See also:Roman See also:city, and a bishopric until 639, when it was destroyed by the See also:Avars. In the loth See also:century it is mentioned by See also:Constantine Porphyrogenitus as a city of the See also:pagan Narentines. Its bishopric was revived in 1320, but the bishops resided at Almissa. In 1481 the city was See also:purchased from the See also:duke of Herzegovina by See also:Venice; in 1499 it was conquered by the See also:Turks; and in 1646, after a successful revolt, it again welcomed the See also:sovereignty of Venice. The See also:sea of Macarsca was merged in that of Spalato in_183o.

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