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Gradisca

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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a town of Austria, in the province of Gorz and Gradisca, io m. S.W. of Gorz by rail. Pop. (1900) 3843, mostly Italians. It is situated on the right bank of the Isonzo and was formerly a strongly fortified place. Its principal industry is silk spinning. Gradisca originally formed part of the margraviate of Friuli, came under the patriarchate of Aquileia in 1028, and in 1420 to Venice. Between 1471 and 1481 Gradisca was fortified by the Venetians, but in 1511 they surrendered it to the emperor Maximilian I. In 1647 Gradisca and its territory, including Aquileia and forty-three smaller places, were erected into a separate countship in favour of Johann Anton von Eggenberg, duke of Krumau. On the extinction of his line in 1717, it reverted to Austria, and was completely incorporated with Gorz in 1754. The name was revived by the constitution of 1861, which established the crownland of Gbrz and Gradisca.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Gradisca'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​g/gradisca.html. 1910.
 
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