RIVA
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RIVA , a fortified district town of Tirol , Austria, near the Italian frontier. Pop. (1900) 7550. It is a lake port and steamship station at the northern extremity of the Lago di Garda. There are two forts on the Monte Brione a little over ' Des Blut im Glauben and Aberglauben (Eng. trans., The Jew and Human Sacrifice, London, 1909).a mile north-east of the town, and the old castle of La Rocca was reconstructed and extended in accordance with modern requirements in 185o. The Minorite Church See Also: - CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
(1603), with altar pictures by Guido Reni and other Italian painters, is much frequented as a place of pilgrimage . In addition to. its transit trade and the entertainment of visitors, the principal resources of the town are the manufacture of paper , iron wares and pottery, the cultivation of the silk -worm and the olive tree, and a considerable commerce in timber, planks and coal. Riva is connected with the Ledro valley by a picturesque road which passes in a series of tunnels and galleries along the rocky and precipitous west shore of the lake.
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