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1904
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were re-opened, Constantine Balsa recovered Scutari from the Turks for his kinsman, and declared himself despot of the town. In 1395 George visited Ragusa, where he was splendidly received as Prince of Albania. Although the Ragusans were usually on bad terms with their immediate neighbours, they had been for some time good friends with the Bosnian magnate Vlatko Vukovic. On his death in 1392 his
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Page 164
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1904
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which the route proceeds in a south-easterly direction over the finely wooded Metalka saddle, whence an extensive view of the mountains of Montenegro, Servia, Bosnia, and Albania is obtained, to Breznica.1 This was an important centre in Roman times, and the remains of a large Roman settlement (name unknown) have been unearthed close by. In the Middle Ages it was the meeting point of three trade
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1904
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many who had fled from Bosna and Albania, and who were not men of low condition, but of much account, having been captains or counts or Naredbenizi, and these were of noble origin. . . . Those who were gentlemen were made governors of the land or were given other offices, and they alone entered the Sboro or General Council. The other part was of the 1 people, populani, from pol vilani, or half
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1904
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not give it up, because “if he were hard pressed by the Turks he would have no other means of escaping to the sea,” and also because Dracevica was the best position for dominating Cattaro,2 which he had now forced to pay him tribute. The Venetians, Sandalj, and Balsa were now all suffering from the Turkish obsession. The enemy’s headquarters were at Uskilb, whence many raids into Bosnia and Albania
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1904
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for Albania, and they erected two Latin churches. From Prizren the routes crossed a fertile and well-populated plain, over the watershed between the Adriatic and the Black Sea, and into the plain of Kossovo. At Lipljan (Ulpiana and Justiniana Secunda 1 Lissos, Alexium, in Slavonic and Albanian LjeiS. 2 Jirecek, pp. 66-7 ; this is now the Mirdit country. 3 The name HpitSptdva is first mentioned
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1914
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, firmato da 56 deputati fra dietali e parlamentali, all’ imperatore e all’ arciduca ereditario, nel quale, fra grandi proteste di devozione, si chiedeva la riforma costituzionale per il bene dello Stato e della dinastia. E nel convegno stesso fu proposto, e per poco non fu votato, un ordine del giorno di protesta contro le crudeltà delle truppe serbe in Albania. Dunque, nelle loro origini
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1904
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138 THE REPUBLIC OF RAGUSA were the official languages, but the inhabitants of the surrounding country were Serbs. It was the centre of the archiépiscopal see of Northern Albania. After the Turkish conquest its importance was reduced to nil, and nearly all the noble families either died out or emigrated to Ragusa. It is not easy to realise that the actual Montenegrin village was once a busy
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1904
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wished to establish posts in the country against them, and various native princelings aspired to enlarge their estates. Ragusa being at war with Bosnia, allied herself with the lords of Njegos (the nucleus of modern Montenegro) and with Cattaro, and tried to conciliate Venice. Balsa determined to oust the Venetians from Albania, and invited the Turks to help him to capture Drivasto and Scutari. Thus
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1904
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. F. Petter, Dalmatien. A. A. Paton, Highlands and Islands of the Adriatic, London, 1849. Sir John Gardner Wilkinson, Dalmatia and Montenegro, London, 1848. W. F. Wingfield, A Tour in Dalmatia, Albania, and Montenegro, •with a Historical Sketch of the Republic of Ragusa, London, 1859. Arthur J. Evans, Through Bosnia and the Herzegovina on Foot, . . . with an Historical Review of Bosnia, London, 1876
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1904
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operating against the Turks in various directions, and obtained the loan of some Ragusan ships to transport the Sultan’s rebellious son (or brother) from Segna to Albania.2 But he was not very successful in any direction, and it seemed as though the end of the Bosnian kingdom were at hand. On his death he was succeeded by Albert, who died soon after, and then the Polish King Ladislas came to the throne
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1904
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lodged we found a woman with seven children, the eldest of whom had turned Turk (Muhamedan), and this because the Sultan Selim, wishing to increase the number of Turks, imposed a heavy poll-tax, called the Talotz, on all the Christians, 1 At present they are nearly all Muhamedans, having abjured Christianity, together with most of the inhabitants of Albania and many of those of Bosnia and other Balkan
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1914
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l’Austria, come l’ha appoggiata nella questione del porto serbo in Albania, ancora, come in quella questione è avvenuto, le ambizioni serbe saranno tenute in iscacco malgrado l’appoggio russo. Invece potranno essere appagate soltanto se l’Italia si metterà risolutamente contro la Monarchia danubiana. Ma, per aver questo aiuto, i serbi dovranno fare pure qualche concessione all’Italia
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1904
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and difficult to climb, especially in winter, when it is covered with snow. On the summit is a road, a braccio and a half wide, by which one passes not without danger from the precipice.” February und.—Suatza, 25 miles. “We crossed the broad Toplitza, which is a plateau covered with little 1 In the Balkans there are many shrines worshipped by Christians and Turks alike, especially in Albania.
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1904
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, and either discharged their goods at the towns of Antivari and Dulcigno, or sailed for some 1 The seat of feudal family of the Pavlovici in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. 2 Srebro—silver in Servian. 3 Slav. S. Dimitri, Dimitrovica, or Mitrovica. 4 Jirecek, op. cit., pp. 75-82. 6 Zenta or Zedda was the name of a district comprising Montenegro and that part of Albania between the lake of Scutari
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1904
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, Albania, Bosnia, and all other lands, places, and cities under my rule.”3 In 1440 he conquered the whole of Servia with the exception of Belgrad, which was gallantly defended by the Hungarian garrison commanded by the Ragusan Giovanni Luccari. • The Sultan retired baffled, but the 1 Resti, 1435. 2 Jirecek, 85. 3 Miklosich, Mon. Serb., 409-11; Klaic, 335-36.
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1904
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’s head—is that of Ragusa, and the chalice is probably Mezzo work, the island having been famous for its goldsmiths. Many other specimens of this art exist in the various churches of Ragusa and the neighbourhood, and some perhaps may be found in those of other parts of Dalmatia, and in the monasteries of Bosnia, the Herzegovina, and Albania. 2 A
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1940
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.Arta, a Hostima e a Cavaja. Argille e caolini sono segnalati nelle zone del lago di Scutari, bacino del Mati, conca di Coritza, Alessio, Durazzo, Valona. Miniere di petrolio sono disseminate un po’ in tutto il territorio, da Scutari fino a Delvino e alla conca di Coritza, lungo il corso del Devoli, a Tepeleni, ecc., e 1’« Azienda Italiana Petroli Albania » ne controlla una estesissima zona
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1940
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Mitat. Durazzo «E.I.A.A. » - Ente Industrie Agricole Albanesi - Legnami per uso industriale. Feltrinelli F.lli - Soc. An. Legnami d’opera, da falegnameria, d’ebanisteria; compensati, contro-placcati, impiallacciature - Via Ali Pascià. Siderurgica Commerciale Albanese. Patos (Durazzo) «S.I.F.A. » - Soc. Italiana Foreste Albania. Porto Edda (Argirocastro) Dalera cav. Giovanni. Marango Spiro. Papa Coqo
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1940
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, intensamente e infaticabilmente valorizzando le possibilità carbonifere dell’Albania mediante studi e rilievi nella vasta zona di Krabba, delimitata tra Tirana-Elbasan-Lushnja : nel territorio di Coritza 7500 ettari sono in concessione alla « Società Italiana dei giacimenti di lignite ». Il Gruppo Parodi-Delfino è fattivamente presente con l’Ente apposito da esso creato, Società Anonima Mineraria Italo
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1940
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An. Viale Regina Elena. Automobili (Accessori e pezzi di ricambio per) - Automobila (e tjera vegla) Durazzo Fiat - Concessionario rag. Giacomo Brida - Corso Vitt. Eman. Siderurgica Commerciale Albanese. Tirana C.E.M.I.A. - Soc. An. Rruga Him Kolli 3. F.I.A.T. - Ispettorato per l’Albania Corso Principe Umberto 134. Siderurgica Commerciale Albanese. Vasconi Enrico Viale Vittorio Emanuele.

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