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After World War II's end, the "Libero comune di Zara in esilio" (Free city of Zara in exile) was created by the exiled Italians of Zara, as a follow-up of the province of Zara. The Italian exodus from the city continued and in a few years was almost total. The last stroke to the Italian presence was made by the local administration in October ...
Many civilians had already escaped to Italy when the Partisans controlled the city. After World War II Italy ceded all remaining Italian areas in Dalmatia to the new SFR Yugoslavia. This was followed by a further emigration, referred to as the Istrian-Dalmatian exodus, of nearly all the remaining Italians in Dalmatia. Italian-language schools ...
Zara was established by Amancio Ortega Gaona in 1975. Their first shop was in central A Coruña, in Galicia, Spain, where the company is still based.They initially called it 'Zorba' after the classic 1964 film Zorba the Greek, but after learning there was a bar with the same name two blocks away, rearranged the letters to read 'Zara'.
In 2007, Inditex launched the Zara Home online retail store. [45] Zara joined the e-commerce marketplace in September 2010, launching websites in Spain, the UK, Portugal, Italy, Germany and France. [46] [47] In November 2010, Zara's online presence grew to include Austria, Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. [48]
Italy is the world's largest wine producer (22% of global market), as well as the country with the widest variety of indigenous grapevine in the world. [1] [2] [3]. Agriculture in Italy, one of the economic sectors of the country, has developed since the 5th millennium BC.
Italy took the initiative in entering the war in spring 1915, despite strong popular and elite sentiment in favor of neutrality. Italy was a large, poor country whose political system was chaotic, its finances were heavily strained, and its army was very poorly prepared. [160] The Triple Alliance meant little either to Italians or Austrians.
Zara (game), a dice game; Zara (Milan Metro), a railway station in Milan, Italy; 158 Infantry Division Zara, Italian infantry division of World War II; Zorya, also spelled Zara, in Slavic folklore, a personification of dawn, possibly a goddess; ZARA, an acronym referring to the ports of Zeebrugge, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Amsterdam
Zara was a heavy cruiser built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy), the lead ship of the Zara class. Named after the Italian city of Zara (now Zadar , Croatia), the ship was built at the Odero-Terni-Orlando shipyard beginning with her keel laying in July 1928, launching in April 1930, and commissioning in October 1931.