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PARENZO , a seaport of See also:Austria, in See also:Istria, 95 M. S. by W. of See also:Trieste by See also:rail. Pop. (1900), 9962, mostly See also:Italian. It is situated on the See also:west See also:coast of Istria, and is built on a See also:peninsula nowhere more than 5 ft. above the See also:sea-level; and from the fact that the pavements of the See also:Roman See also:period are 3 ft. below the See also:present See also:surface it is inferred that this See also:part of the coast is slowly subsiding. Parenzo has considerable historic and architectural See also:interest, and its well-preserved See also:cathedral of St Maurus, erected probably between 535 and 543, is one of the most interesting buildings in the whole of Austria. The basilican type is very pure; there are three naves; the See also:apse is hexagonal without and See also:round within. The See also:total length of the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church proper is only 120 ft.; but in front of the west entrance is a square See also:atrium with three See also:arches on each See also:side; to the west of the atrium is a now roofless See also:baptistery, and to the west of that rises the campanile; so that the total length from campanile to apse is about 230 ft. Mosaics, now greatly spoiled, See also:form the See also:chief decoration of both outside and inside. The high See also:altar is covered with a See also:noble baldachin, dating from 1277. The See also:basilica is one of those churches in which the See also:priest when celebrating See also:mass stands behind the altar with his See also:face to the west. An older church is referred to in the inscription of Euphrasius in the See also:mosaic of the apse of the cathedral, and remains of its mosaic See also:pavement and of its apse have been found under the See also:floor of the present church; it belongs perhaps to the 5th See also:century A.D.; while at a still See also:lower level another pavement, perhaps of the 4th century A.D., has been discovered, belonging to the first church, which See also:lay to the See also:north of the present. Several See also:inscriptions mention the name of donors of parts of it. The mosaic pavement of the, present church was almost entirely destroyed in 188o, when the floor-level was raised. Small portions of two temples and an inscribed 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 are the only remains of the See also:ancient Roman See also:city that
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readily catch the See also:eye. Parenzo is the seat of the Provincial See also:Diet of Istria, and is also an episcopal see.
Parenzo (See also:Lat. Parentium) , conquered by the See also:Romans in 178 B.C., was made a See also:colony probably by See also:Augustus after the See also:battle of See also:Actium, for its See also:title in inscriptions is Colonia Julia and not, as it has often been given, Colonia Ulpia. It See also:grew to be a See also:place of some See also:note with about 6000 inhabitants within its walls and ro,000 in its suburbs. The bishopric, founded in 524, gradually acquired ecclesiastical authority over a large number of abbeys and other See also:foundations in the surrounding See also:country. The city, which had See also:long been under the See also:influence of See also:Venice, formally recognized Venetian supremacy in 1267, and as a Venetian See also:town it was in 1354 attacked and plundered by Paganino See also:Doria of See also:Genoa. The bishoprics of See also:Pola and Parenzo were See also:united in 1827.
See See also:John See also:- MASON, FRANCIS (1799—1874)
- MASON, GEORGE (1725—1792)
- MASON, GEORGE HEMMING (1818–1872)
- MASON, JAMES MURRAY (1798-1871)
- MASON, JOHN (1586-1635)
- MASON, JOHN YOUNG (1799-1859)
- MASON, LOWELL (1792—1872)
- MASON, SIR JOHN (1503–1566)
- MASON, SIR JOSIAH (1795-1881)
- MASON, WILLIAM (1725—1797)
Mason See also:Neale, Notes on See also:Dalmatia, Istria, &cc. (See also:London, 1861), with ground See also:plan of cathedral; E. A. See also:Freeman, Sketches from the Subject and See also:Neighbour Lands of Venice (London, 1881); and See also:Neumann, Der Dom von Parenzo (See also:Vienna, 1902).
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