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PETERWARDEIN (Hung. Petervarad, Serv. Petrovaradin)

PETERWARDEIN (Hung. Petervarad, Serv. Petrovaradin) , a royal See also:

FREE

free See also:

TOWN

town and fortress of See also:

Hungary in the See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county of Syrmia, Croatia-Slavonia; situated on a promontory formed by a See also:

LOOP

loop of the See also:

DANUBE (Ger. Donau, Hungarian Duna, Rumanian Dunarea, Lat. Danubius or Danuvius, and in the lower part of its course Ister)

Danube, 62 m. N.W. of See also:

BELGRADE (Servian, Biograd or Beograd, i.e. " White Castle")

Belgrade by See also:

RAIL

rail. Pop. (1900), 5019. It is connected with Neusatz on the opposite hank by a See also:

BRIDGE

bridge of boats, a railway bridge and a See also:

steam See also:

ferry. The fortifications consist of the upper fortress, on a lofty See also:

SERPENTINE

serpentine See also:

rock rising abruptly from the See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain on three sides, and of the See also:

LOWER

lower fortress at the See also:

NORTHERN

northern See also:

BASE

base of the rock. The two fortresses can accommodate a See also:

garrison of ro,000 men. In the lower fortress is the town, with a military See also:

HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital, and an See also:

ARSENAL

arsenal containing trophies captured from the See also:

TURKS

Turks. Peterwardein, the " See also:

GIBRALTAR

Gibraltar of Hungary," is believed to represent the See also:

ROMAN

Roman Acumincum, and received its See also:

PRESENT

present name from See also:

Peter the See also:

HERMIT

Hermit, who here in 1096 marshalled the levies of the first crusade. It was captured by the Turks in 1526 and retained by them for 16o years.

In 1716 it witnessed a See also:

SIGNAL

signal defeat inflicted on the Turks by See also:

Prince See also:

EUGENE

Eugene. During the revolutionary struggles of 1848–49 the fortress was held by the insurgents for a See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

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