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Rijeka international Airport Railway in Rijeka Ferry in Rijeka harbour The Port of Rijeka is the largest port in Croatia, with a cargo throughput in 2017 of 12.6 million tonnes, mostly crude oil and refined petroleum products, general cargo and bulk cargo , and 260,337 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). [ 77 ]
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.
Rijeka was first mentioned in the 1st century AD by Pliny the Elder as Tarsatica in his Natural History (iii.140). [4] Rijeka (Tarsatica) is again mentioned around AD 150 by the Greek geographer and astronomer Ptolemy in his Geography when describing the "Location of Illyria or Liburnia, and of Dalmatia" (Fifth Map of Europe). [5]
Forza Italia: 1,181 8 Sardinia Sardegna: Autonomous 1,604,000 2.68% 24,100 km 2 (9,300 sq mi) 7.99% 66 0.868 Cagliari: Alessandra Todde Five Star Movement: 377 5 Sicily Sicilia: Autonomous 4,825,000 8.14% 25,832 km 2 (9,974 sq mi) 8.56% 186 0.845 Palermo: Renato Schifani Forza Italia: 391 9 Trentino-South Tyrol Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol ...
Provinces of Italy (grey borders), within Regions (solid borders) The provinces of Italy (Italian: province [proˈvintʃe]; sing. provincia [proˈvintʃa] ⓘ) are the second-level administrative divisions of the Italian Republic, on an intermediate level between a municipality and a region (regione).
In Rijeka, the river branches into two parts: Dead Channel (Mrtvi kanal, the old basin), and the new channel, which was created in the 19th century, when Dead Channel was used as a harbor. The best-known sight is the Gaspar Mill ( Gašparov mlin ) in Martinovo Selo, which was restored in the 1990s.
Grado (Venetian: Gravo; Friulian: Grau; Slovene: Gradež; Latin: Gradus [3]) is a town and comune (municipality) of 8,064 residents [4] in the Regional decentralization entity of Gorizia in the north-eastern Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located on an island and adjacent peninsula of the Adriatic Sea between Venice and Trieste.