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Dora d'Istria

In the tract Les femmes en Orient ("Women in the Orient") (Zürich 1859, 2 Vols.) she spoke out for the emancipation of women in the Levant; in Des femmes, par une femme ("About Women, by a Woman") (2. Ed., Brussels 1869, 2 Vols.) she compared the situation of women in Latin Europe of with those in Germany and demanded with strong words the equal treatment of men and women.


1942–43 Serie C

Istrian sides had to leave the league after annexation of the region by Yugoslavia.

Aethicus Ister

Aethicus Ister (Aethicus of Istria) was the protagonist of the 7th/8th-century Cosmographia written by a man of church Hieronymus.

Aldo Andretti

Aldo Andretti (born February 28, 1940 in Montona d'Istria, Italy (now Motovun, Croatia)) is the twin brother of Mario Andretti and the father of John Andretti and Adam Andretti.

Antonio Grossich

Antonio Grossich (Draguć (Draguccio d'Istria) by Buzet (Pinguente) Istria, 7 June 1849.

Armin K. Lobeck

His duty was to prepare physiographic maps of problem areas, such as the Balkans, the Istria, Albania, and other regions.

Baredine

It lies at the centre of Istria Peninsula, 23 km far from Pazin and 5 k m far from the centre of the settlement to the Northwest, near Stream Mirna and the border with Slovenia.

Castellieri culture

Some hundred castellieri have been discovered in Istria, Friuli and Venezia Giulia, such as that of Leme, in the central-western Istria, of the Jelarji, near Muggia, of Monte Giove near Prosecco (Trieste) and San Polo, not far from Monfalcone.

Domagoj of Croatia

The Croatian forces razed four Frankish Cities in Istria in 876, Umag, Novigrad, Sipar and Rovinj.

Engelbert II, Count of Gorizia

Rivalling with the Dukes of Merania from the comital House of Andechs, his descendants would gain further territory in inner Istria around Pazin (Mitterburg).

Giovanni Cernogoraz

It was also the first Olympic gold won by an athlete from Istria after Mate Parlov's boxing gold in the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Giuseppe Cobolli Gigli

In the same article about Pazin, he reported that "The village lies on the edge of an abyss which the muse called foiba, a worthy place of burial for those who, in the province, threaten with bold claims the national characteristics of Istria.".

Gregorio di Montelongo

He also led the anti-Hohenstaufen party in the region when Frederick's heir, Conrad IV of Germany, incited the Istrian communes to revolt.

Henry III, Count of Gorizia

In 1295-1299 he accompanied the father in his invasion of Istria against the patriarchate of Aquileia, conquering Plomin, Labin, Buzet and Tolmin, although the arrival of a large patriarchal army of the forced them to return.

Istrian Shorthaired Hound

The smooth and coarse-haired hounds were used for hunting in Istria (see the article on Motovun for photographs of the sort of mountainous terrain they were bred to hunt) while the Posavaz Hound is from the Sava Valley.

Istrian stone

Istrian stone, pietra d'Istria, the characteristic group of building stones in the architecture of Venice and Dalmatia, is a dense type of impermeable limestones that was quarried in Istria, between Portorož and Pula.

Italian language in Croatia

In various municipalities, census data shows that there are still significant numbers of Italians living in Istria, such as 51% of the population of Grožnjan/Grisignana, 37% at Brtonigla/Verteneglio and nearly 30% in Buje/Buie.

Jacques Moderne

Jacques Moderne - Giacomo Moderno (Pinguente, Istria (now Buzet, Croatia), c.1495–1500 – Lyons, after 1560) was an Italian-born music publisher active in France in the Renaissance Era.

Josef Ressel

He worked for the Austrian government as a forester in the more southern parts of the monarchy, including in Motovun, Istria (modern-day Croatia).

Jovan Sundečić

After finishing the Orthodox Seminary in Zadar, Dalmatia province of the Austrian Empire and becoming a priest, he was assigned parish priest and teacher to the Serb colony of Peroj in Istria, Austrian Littoral.

Klarići

It lies at the Northern part of Istria Peninsula, 17 km from Pazin and 5 km South from the centre of the settlement.

Krbavčići

It lies at the centre of Istria Peninsula, 24 km from Pazin and 4 km from the centre of the settlement.

Mošćenice

Istria was annexed by the Franks during the reign of Pepin the Short in 789, But Liburnia became part of the State of Croatia.

Nazario Sauro

Later, in 1910, Sauro became an employee of the shipping company Zuttiati, connecting ports in Istria and Dalmatia to San Giorgio di Nogaro and Cervignano del Friuli.

Nedelja

Sveta Nedelja, Istria, municipality of twenty villages in Istria county, Croatia

Otto Orseolo

The denunciations of Poppo of Treffen, the Patriarch of Aquileia, incited the Venetians to expel Otto and the patriarch of Grado from Venice, whence they took refuge in Istria from 1022 to 1023.

Pan-Slavism

In Austria-Hungary Southern Slavs were distributed among several entities: Slovenes in the Austrian part (Carniola, Styria, Carinthia, Gorizia and Gradisca, Trieste, Istria (also Croats)), Croats and Serbs in the Hungarian part within the autonomous Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia and in the Austrian part within the autonomous Kingdom of Dalmatia, and in Bosnia and Herzegovina, under direct control from Vienna.

Perci

It lies at the centre of Northern Istria Peninsula, 24 km from Pazin and 5 km from the centre of the settlement.

Petar Drapšin

Despite difficult terrain and need for complicated amphibious operation, Drapšin's force scored spectacular success by piercing through enemy lines in Lika, defeating German forces in the Battle of Rijeka, landing in Istria and entering Trieste before Allied forces.

Rimnjak

It lies at the Northern part of Istria Peninsula, 16 kmNorth from Pazin and 6 km South from the centre of the settlement.

Sanjalice

During the summer of 1968, they spent two months performing in Pula other cities in Istria.

Serbo-Croats

Statistics on the nationalities of the Austrian monarchy (the former Kingdom of Dalmatia and Istria, all residents are classified according to the language as "Serbocroats."

Sveti Petar

Sveti Petar u Šumi, a village and municipality in Istria County, Croatia

Thomas Allason

Allason was a skilled draughtsman and in 1819 he published a series of engravings entitled Picturesque Views of the Antiquities of Pola in Istria.

Uskoks

Their presence has also been traced near Učka in Istria, where such significant family names as Novlian (from Novi Vinodolski), Ottocian (from Otočac) and Clissan (from Klis, older orthography), were noted by Franceschi in 1879.

Vittoria Light

The bottom of structure is covered by stone from Carso (specifically from Gabrie) and the top is covered by stone from Istria (specifically from Vrsar).

Vladimir Nazor

The tale Big Joseph (Veli Jože) (1908) is still popular: it features a helpful and kind hearted giant named Jože, living in the area around the town of Motovun (Inner Istria).

Yutel

It also got its management with Nebojša "Bato" Tomašević, longtime editor-in-chief of Jugoslovenska revija getting named as Yutel's CEO, Goran Milić, well-known TV Belgrade personality, became the head of Yutel's news division while the station headquarters were selected to be in Motovun, a town in Istria.


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