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Encyclopedia Britannica



ABBE (Serbo-Croatian Rai))

This article appears in Volume V02, Page 323 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: A10-ADA
ABBE (Serbo-Croatian Rai)) , an
island
  in the Adriatic Sea, forming the northernmost point of Dalmatia, Austria. Pop. (1900) 4441. Arbe is 13 M. long; its greatest breadth is 5 M. The
capital
 , which bears the same name, is a walled town, remarkable, even among the Dalmatian cities, for its beauty. It occupies a steep
ridge
  jutting out from the west
coast
 . At the seaward end of this promontory is the 13th-century
cathedral
 ; behind which the belfries of four churches, at least as ancient, rise in a row along the crest of the
ridge
 ; while behind these, again, are the castle and a background of desolate hills. Many of the houses are roofless and untenanted;
for, after five centuries of prosperity under Venetian or Hungarian
rule
 , an outbreak of plague in 1456 swept away the
majority
  of the townsfolk, and ruined the survivors. Some of the old palaces are, nevertheless, of considerable
interest
 ; one especially as the birthplace of the celebrated philosopher, Marc Antonio de Dominis. Fishing and agriculture constitute the
chief
  re-sources of the islanders, whose ancient silk industry is still maintained. In ro18 the yearly
tribute
  due to Venice was fixed at ten pounds of silk or five pounds of gold.


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