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The Free State of Fiume (pronounced) was an independent free state that existed from 1920 to 1924. Its territory of 28 km 2 (11 sq mi) comprised the city of Fiume (today Rijeka, Croatia) and rural areas to its north, with a corridor to its west connecting it to the Kingdom of Italy.
The Croatian census recognized two settlements within the City of Rijeka - the city itself with a population of 128,384, and "Bakar" with a population of 240, [61] which is the village of Sveti Kuzam, separate from the neighboring town of Bakar. On 27 February 2014, Rijeka city council passed a decision to annex the settlement (named "Bakar-dio ...
Its territory of 28 km 2 (11 sq mi) comprised the city of Fiume (today Rijeka, Croatia) and rural areas to its north, with a corridor to its west connecting it to the Kingdom of Italy. Fiume gained autonomy for the first time in 1719 when it was proclaimed a free port of the Holy Roman Empire in a decree issued by the Emperor Charles VI.
Territories promised to Italy by the 1915 Treaty of London, i.e. Trentino-Alto Adige, the Julian March and Dalmatia (tan), and the Snežnik Plateau area (green).. Since at least 18th century, Croatia and Hungary, both realms of the Habsburg monarchy at the time, laid competing claims on the city of Rijeka (Italian: Fiume) – as a part of the national territory and an important Adriatic port. [7]
The dictator in this case is Gabriele D’Annunzio, the celebrated Italian poet and army officer who, in 1919, took it upon himself to occupy the politically disputed city of Fiume — now called ...
In 1868, following the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 which created Austria-Hungary, Croatia was allowed to negotiate its own settlement with Hungary.The final Croatian–Hungarian Settlement left the possession of Fiume unsettled, pending future negotiations according to article 66, as it appeared in the Croatian version, while in the Hungarian version Fiume was declared a Corpus ...
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Rijeka, ... 1722 – Fiume becomes a free port. [4] 1779 – Town becomes part of the Kingdom of Hungary. [3]
The Modruš-Rijeka County shared borders with the Austrian (Cisleithanian) lands of Istria (part of the Austrian Littoral) and Carniola, the Austro-Hungarian condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Croatian-Slavonian counties of Zagreb and Lika-Krbava and the city/ corpus separatum of Fiume. The county had a strip of Adriatic Sea coast.