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Belaj, Istria County
Belaj () is a small village and Baroque Castle in Istria County, Croatia, in the municipality of Cerovlje. Castle Belaj is a registered Historical Heritage. Castle Belaj historically has numerous hectares of vineyard. In 2017 Belaj Castle opens to the public. In 2011, the population of the village is 16. In the vicinity of the village is another castle Posert. Description It is located in the north-eastern part of Istria, on a road connecting Paz and Šušnjevica, to the south-east of Paz, and north-west of Šušnjevica, in the middle of a vineyard. It is east from the municipality center Cerovlje. In 2017, Belaj Castle has functioning degustation room, authentic restaurant, delicatessen shop, wine production, wine cellar and first floor of the central building of the estate open for the guests. Castle history The castle is on a small hill, above sea level, along the local road. The castle was mentioned in 1367 as ''Bray'' in a document by Aquileia patriarch in which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sovereign States
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 205 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 member states of the United Nations, UN member states, two United Nations General Assembly observers#Current non-member observers, UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and ten other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and one UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (15 states, of which there are six UN member states, one UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and eight de facto states), and states having a political status of the Cook Islands and Niue, special political status (two states, both in associated state, free association with New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uskok War
The Uskok War, also known as the War of Gradisca or the War of Friuli, was fought by the Austrians, Slovenes, Croats (from Croatia and Slavonia) and Spanish on one side and the Venetians, Croats (from Dalmatia and Istria), Slovenes (from Istria), Dutch, and English on the other. It is named for the Uskoks, soldiers from Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg), Croatia used by the Austrians for irregular warfare. Since the Uskoks were checked on land and were rarely paid their annual salary, they resorted to piracy. In addition to attacking Turkish ships, they attacked Republic of Venice, Venetian merchantmen. Although the Venetians tried to protect their shipping with escorts, watchtowers, and other protective measures, the cost became prohibitive: 120,000 thalers annually during the 1590s, 200,000 in the 1600s, and 360,000 by 1615.Parker, Geoffrey. ''The Thirty Years' War'', 2nd edition. 1997. In December 1615 Venetian troops besieged Gradisca d'Isonzo, Gradisca, on the Soča, Isonzo R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Populated Places In Istria County
Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and plants, and has specific uses within such fields as ecology and genetics. Etymology The word ''population'' is derived from the Late Latin ''populatio'' (a people, a multitude), which itself is derived from the Latin word ''populus'' (a people). Use of the term Social sciences In sociology and population geography, population refers to a group of human beings with some predefined feature in common, such as location, race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. Ecology In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of the same species which inhabit the same geographical area and are capable of interbreeding. The area of a sexual population is the area where interbreeding is possible between any opposite-sex pair within the area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istria
Istria ( ; Croatian language, Croatian and Slovene language, Slovene: ; Italian language, Italian and Venetian language, Venetian: ; ; Istro-Romanian language, Istro-Romanian: ; ; ) is the largest peninsula within the Adriatic Sea. Located at the top of the Adriatic between the Gulf of Trieste and the Kvarner Gulf, the peninsula is shared by three countries: Croatia, Slovenia, and Italy,Marcel Cornis-Pope, John Neubauer''History of the literary cultures of East-Central Europe: junctures and disjunctures in the 19th And 20th Centuries'' John Benjamins Publishing Co. (2006), Alan John Day, Roger East, Richard Thomas''A political and economic dictionary of Eastern Europe'' Routledge, 1sr ed. (2002), 90% of its area being part of Croatia. Most of Croatian Istria is part of Istria County. Geography The geographical features of Istria include the Učka/Monte Maggiore mountain range, which is the highest portion of the Ćićarija/Cicceria mountain range; the rivers Dragonja/Dragogna, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paulists
Paulists, or Paulines, is the name used for Roman Catholic orders and congregations under the patronage of Paul of Thebes the First Hermit. From the time that the abode and virtues of Paul of Thebes were revealed to Antony the Abbot, various communities of hermits adopted him as their patron saint.McGahan, Florence. "Paulists." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. June 14, 2019 Other congregations, such as the , and the , were established under the patronage of |
Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor
Henry II (; ; ; 6 May 973 – 13 July 1024 AD), also known as Saint Henry, Order of Saint Benedict, Obl. S. B., was Holy Roman Emperor ("Romanorum Imperator") from 1014. He died without an heir in 1024, and was the last ruler of the Ottonian dynasty, Ottonian line. As Duke of Bavaria, appointed in 995, Henry became King of the Romans ("Rex Romanorum") following the sudden death of his second cousin, Emperor Otto III in 1002, was made King of Italy ("Rex Italiae") in 1004, and crowned emperor by Pope Benedict VIII in 1014. The son of Henry II, Duke of Bavaria, and his wife Gisela of Burgundy, Emperor Henry II was a great-grandson of German king Henry the Fowler and a member of the Bavarian branch of the Ottonian dynasty. Since his father had rebelled against two previous emperors, the younger Henry spent long periods of time in exile, where he turned to Christianity at an early age, first finding refuge with the Bishop of Freising and later during his education at the Hildesheim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Weikhard Von Valvasor
Johann Weikhard Freiherr von Valvasor or Johann Weichard Freiherr von Valvasor (, ) or simply Valvasor (baptised on 28 May 1641 – September or October 1693) was a natural historian and polymath from Carniola, present-day Slovenia, and a List of Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1687, fellow of the Royal Society in London. He is known as a pioneer in the study of karst topography. Together with his other writings, until the late 19th century his best-known work—the 1689 ''The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola, Glory of the Duchy of Carniola'', published in 15 books in four volumes—was the main source for older History of Slovenia, Slovenian history, making him one of the precursors of modern Slovenian historiography. Biography Valvasor was born in the town of Ljubljana (Laibach), at the time the principal city of Duchy of Carniola, today the capital of Slovenia, to an aristocratic family originally from Bergamo, Italy. In the 16th century, it was Johann Baptist Valva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manor (feudal Europe)
Manorialism, also known as seigneurialism, the manor system or manorial system, was the method of land ownership (or "tenure") in parts of Europe, notably France and later England, during the Middle Ages. Its defining features included a large, sometimes fortified manor house in which the lord of the manor and his dependants lived and administered a rural estate, and a population of labourers or serfs who worked the surrounding land to support themselves and the lord. These labourers fulfilled their obligations with labour time or in-kind produce at first, and later by cash payment as commercial activity increased. Manorialism was part of the feudal system. Manorialism originated in the Roman villa system of the Late Roman Empire, and was widely practised in medieval western Europe and parts of central Europe. An essential element of feudal society, manorialism was slowly replaced by the advent of a money-based market economy and new forms of agrarian contract. Manorialism fad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Principality Of Auersperg
The House of Auersperg ( or ''Turjaški'') is an List of princes of Austria-Hungary, Austrian princely family and formerly one of the most prominent European noble houses. The family originates from the Imperial Count, comital line of Auersperg in the Duchy of Carniola during the Middle Ages and belongs to the German nobility#Hochadel, high nobility (one of the Mediatised Houses, or former Sovereign families). The Auerspergs held the rank of Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, Princes of the Holy Roman Empire from 1653 and had an individual vote (''Virilstimme'') in the College of Princes of the Imperial Diet (Holy Roman Empire), Imperial Diet from 1664. They also held at various times the Duchy, duchies of Duchy of Münsterberg, Münsterberg and Gottschee. Following the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire 1806, their Imperial Estate, Imperial State was German mediatisation, mediatised to the Grand Duchy of Baden. The Auerspergs remained one of the most prominent families in the Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Weikhard Of Auersperg
Prince Johann Weikhard of Auersperg ( Slovene: Janez Vajkard Turjaški, also spelled ''Johann Weichard von Auersperg''; 11 March 1615 – 11 November 1677) was Prime Minister of Austria and Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece. He was the first Prince of Auersperg, and also Imperial Prince of Tengen and Duke of Münsterberg. Life He was a descendant of the elder line of the Auersperg family from Carniola. His parents were Dietrich II of Auersperg and Sidonia Gall von Gallenstein. Johann Weikhard held several positions at the Austrian court. From 1640, he was '' Obersthofmeister'' (Lord Chamberlain) and teacher of Ferdinand IV, who was King of the Romans at the time. In 1641 he was sent to The Hague and later he took part in peace negotiations at Osnabrück, which ultimately ended the Thirty Years' War with the Peace of Westphalia (1648). In 1653, Emperor Ferdinand III raised him to Imperial Prince and in 1654, in his capacity as King of Bohemia, enfeofed him with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kožljak
Kožljak (Kozljak, , ) is a village in Istria County Istria County (; ; , "Istrian Region") is the westernmost Counties of Croatia, county of Croatia which includes the majority of the Istrian peninsula. Administrative centers in the county are Pazin, Pula and Poreč. Istria County has the larg ..., Croatia, in the municipality of Kršan. The settlement besides of the village consists of nearby homonymous medieval ruinous castle. Description It is located in the Labinština microregion in the eastern part of Istrian peninsula, on the western slopes of mountain Učka along the Lake Čepić, Čepić field, on the local road Šušnjevica-Vozilići (L50180), 6 km east from the municipal center Kršan (D64 road (Croatia), D64), and 13 km north-east of the city of Labin. In the village is the railway station of Lupoglav-Štalije route. Nearby is abandoned village Zagrad which leads to the castle. The Croatian primary school was founded in 1907. The inhabitants mainly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polje Čepić
Polje Čepić or Čepić (, ), is a village in Istria County, Croatia, in the municipality of Kršan. - Kršan Description It is located in the eastern part of Istria, on the western slopes of mountain Učka along the Čepić field, on the state road D500 road (Croatia), D500, 1.3 km south from neighboring village Purgarija Čepić, and 5.8 km north east from the municipal center Kršan (D64 road (Croatia), D64).History The village territory was first mentioned in 1102 at the time of Patriarchate of Aquileia in the grant by Ulric II, Margrave of Carniola, Ulric II to the Aquileia patriarchs, as part of Kožljak castle estate. In 1287 was founded Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit, Paulist monastery of St. Mary (also called the Monastery of Our Lady of the Lake). In 1385, the Kožljak l ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
