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ID: 7017015
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7017015

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Rijeka (inhabited place)  Rijeka (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 45 20 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 45.3333  decimal degrees
Long: 014 27 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 14.4500  decimal degrees

Note: Located on Adriatic Sea; was ruled by Dukes of Croatia 9th-14th cen.; ruled by Austria, Hungary & France; given to Yugoslavia after WW I; annexed after Italian fascist coup in 1922; went back to Yugoslavia after WW II.

Names:
Rijeka (preferred,C,V,English-P)
Rieka (C,V)
Fiume (C,O)
Sankt Veit am Flaum (C,O)
רייקה (C,U,Hebrew )
Tarsatica (H,O)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Hrvatska (nation)  ........  Hrvatska (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Primorsko-Goranska Županija (county)  ............  Primorsko-Goranska Županija (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Rijeka (inhabited place)  ................  Rijeka (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was a Roman settlement
city (C)
county seat (C)
seaport (C)  ............  was primary base for Yugoslav navy until Croatia became an independent in 1992 & place of departure for coastal shipping
industrial center (C)  ............  for shipyards & repair facilities, major oil refineries, paper factories & diesel engine works, has a major pipeline terminus
commercial center (C)
transportation center (C)  ............  hub for rail lines & roadways
cultural center (C)  ............  includes several 14th-cen. churches, a 13th-cen. castle & university

Sources and Contributors:
רייקה..........  [IMJ]
..............  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
Fiume..........  [VP]
..............  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 780
Rieka..........  [VP]
..............  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 780
Rijeka..........  [BHA, IMJ Preferred, VP Preferred]
.................  Blue Guide: Yugoslavia (1989)
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 780
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 71-72
.................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 165
.................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1018
Sankt Veit am Flaum..........  [VP]
...................................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 780
Tarsatica..........  [VP]
....................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 780
Subject: .....  [BHA, IMJ, VP]
..................  Blue Guide: Yugoslavia (1989)
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 780
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 71-72
..................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 165
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1018
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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