LITTORALE

From Agepedia

LITTORALE ; an Italian word signifying the sea coast, applied particularly to the Hungarian province on the coast of the Adriatic, comprising the three towns Fiume, Buccari and PortoRe, with their territories, on the northern coast of Dalmatia. It formerly belonged to the military district of Croatia. The emperor Joseph II annexed it to Hungary in 1776, and gave it a civil government for the encouragement of Hungarian commerce. The district had, in 1787, 19,928 inhabitants upon 140 square miles. From 1809 to 1814, it formed part of the Illyrian provinces of France. In 1814, it was restored to the Austrian empire, and, in 1822, was reunited with the provinces of the crown of Hungary. The seat of government is at Fiume. (q, v.)