CATTARO.
This port, where the combined fleet, under Admiral Seymour, has arrived, is a fortified seaport town of Austria, in the province of Dalmatia, and the capital of the circle of the same name at the head of the Gulf of Oattaro, 36 miles SE. of Eagusa. The population of the Communal is 3554, and of the town 2017. Oattaro has two forts, a Catholic cathedral, collegiate (Greek), a number of other churches, several hospitals, and a high school. It is enclosed on all sides by mountains, and all the heights around it are covered with fortifications. It was the capital of a small republic, which placed itself under tho dominion of Venice in 1420. It was taken by the English in 1813, and belonged successively to Austria and France till 1814. Tho Gulf of Oattaro is 30 miles in length, consisting of three basins, connected by straits, and protected from prevailing winds by tha mountains. The area of the district of Oattaro is 214 square miles, and the population 30,643. Dulcigno is situate upon a reeky peninsula, and has a population of 7000 or 8000.
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Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2079, 22 October 1880, Page 3
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186CATTARO. Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2079, 22 October 1880, Page 3
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