Opatija

Position of Opatija in Croatia.

The seaside of Opatija.

Opatija (Italian Abbazia) is a town in western Croatia, just southwest of Rijeka on the Adriatic coast, population 7,850 (2001), total municipality population 12,719 (2001). Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2631x2170, 462 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Osijek Slavonski Brod Slatina, Croatia Virovitica Split Rijeka Čakovec Solin Gospić Bjelovar Bilje User:Elephantus/Test... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (3072 × 2048 pixel, file size: 3. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (3072 × 2048 pixel, file size: 3. ... Ronda, Spain Main street in Bastrop, Texas, a small town A town is a community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ... Rijeka (in local Croatian dialects Rika and Reka; Fiume in Italian and Hungarian. ... The Adriatic Sea is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea separating the Apennine peninsula (Italy) from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges. ...

Opatija is situated in the Gulf of Kvarner (Quarnero or Carnaro) in a sheltered position at the foot of Učka mountain (Monte Maggiore), with Vojak peak at 1401 m. Opatija is located 90 km from Trieste by rail and 82 km from Pula by road. The city is geographically on the Istrian peninsula, though it is not in Istria county, but Primorje-Gorski Kotar county. The Kvarner bay (Croatian kvarnerski zaljev, Italian Golfo del Quarnero/Quarnaro/Carnaro; sometimes also Kvarner gulf) is a bay in northern Adriatic Sea, located between the Istria peninsula and the northern Croatian seacoast. ... Učka (Italian: Monte Maggiore) is the tallest mountain on the Istrian peninsula in northwestern Croatia. ... Trieste (Italian: Trieste; Slovenian and Croatian: Trst; German: Triest; Hungarian: Trieszt; Latin: Tergeste; Serbian: Трст or Trst) is a city and port in northeastern Italy right on the border with Slovenia. ... Pula (Italian Pola) is the largest city in Istria, Croatia, at the southern tip of that peninsula. ... Map of Istria Istria (Croatian and Slovenian: Istra, Italian: Istria) is the largest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea. ... Istria county (Croatian: Istarska županija; Italian: Regione istriana) is the westernmost county of Croatia which includes the biggest part of the Istrian peninsula (2820 out of 3160 km²). Area is called Istra in Croatian and Slovenian, and Istria in Italian. ... Primorje-Gorski Kotar county - Primorsko-goranska županija is a county in western Croatia that includes the Bay of Kvarner and the surrounding Northern Croatian seacoast, and the mountainous region of Gorski Kotar. ...

The seaside of Opatija at night.

It is a popular summer and winter resort, with average temperatures of 10°C in winter, and 25°C in summer. Opatija is surrounded by beautiful woods of laurel. The whole sea-coast to the north and south of Opatija is rocky and picturesque, and contains several smaller winter resorts. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (3072 × 2048 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (3072 × 2048 pixel, file size: 1. ... Winter is one of the four seasons of temperate zones. ... Summer is a season of the year that is defined as beginning on June 21st, and ending in September in the Northern Hemisphere. ... The name Laurel is widely used in English, once being a moderately common name typically for girls; also as Laurie. ...

The old abbey, San Giacomo della Priluca, from which the place derives its name (abbazia and opatija mean "abbey" in Italian and Croatian, resp.) is located in Park Svetog Jakova or Saint Jacobs Park. Bold textTHIS IS THE PAGE THAT A.S. REALLY NEEDS!! THIS IS NOW MARKED!!! ] ps i like A.O. This article is about an abbey as a Christian monastic community. ...

The city's most prestigious sight is the Villa Angiolina, which was built in 1844 by Ignio Scarpa, a rich merchant from Rijeka. The first hotel, the Hotel Kvarner, was built in 1884. Opatija is known for the Lady with the seagull, a statue which is positioned by the Juraj Šporer pavilion.

People

• Leo Sternbach (born)
• Franz Graf von Meran (died)
• Theodor Billroth (died)

Dr Leo Henryk Sternbach (May 7, 1908 – September 28, 2005) was a Polish-Jewish chemist who is credited with inventing the benzodiazepine, a class of tranquilizers. ... Theodor Billroth, founding father of modern abdominal surgery Christian Albert Theodor Billroth (born 26 August 1829 in Bergen auf Rügen, Germany; died 6 February 1894 in Opatija, Austria-Hungary, now Croatia), a German-born Austrian surgeon, is generally regarded as the founding father of modern abdominal surgery. ...

References

Wikisource has an original article from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica about:

Abbazia

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

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External links

• Pictures of Opatija
• CroTouristica.com - Opatija tourist info

edit	Municipalities of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
Bakar | Baška | Brod Moravice | Cres | Crikvenica | Čabar | Čavle | Delnice | Dobrinj | Fužine | Jelenje | Kastav | Klana | Kostrena | Kraljevica | Krk | Lokve | Lovran | Mali Lošinj | Malinska-Dubašnica | Matulji | Mošćenička Draga | Mrkopalj | Novi Vinodolski | Omišalj | Opatija | Punat | Rab | Ravna Gora | Rijeka | Skrad | Vinodolska | Viškovo | Vrbnik | Vrbovsko

Coordinates: 45°20′N, 14°18′E Primorje-Gorski Kotar county - Primorsko-goranska županija is a county in western Croatia that includes the Bay of Kvarner and the surrounding Northern Croatian seacoast, and the mountainous region of Gorski Kotar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Croatia. ... Bakar (Italian: Buccari) is a town in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar county in western Croatia, population 1,566 (2001), total municipality population 7,773 (2001). ... BaÅ¡ka on the map of Croatia BaÅ¡ka is a small town located on the island of Krk, in the Kvarner Bay, in the Adriatic Seacoast of Croatia. ... Brod Moravice is a municipality in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar county in western Croatia. ... Location of Cres in Croatia Cres (Italian Cherso, Latin Crepsa) is an Adriatic island in Croatia. ... Crikvenica is a town in the west of Croatia, population 7,121 (2001), total municipality population 11,348 (2001). ... ÄŒabar is a town and municipality in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar county in western Croatia. ... ÄŒavle is a municipality in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar county in western Croatia. ... Delnice is a town in western Croatia, the largest settlement in the mountainous region of Gorski Kotar, in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar county. ... Dobrinj is a municipality in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar county in western Croatia. ... Fužine is a municipality in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar county in western Croatia. ... Jelenje is a municipality in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar county in western Croatia. ... Kastav is little historical town near Rijeka and under Opatija (touristic centre of region). ... Klana is a municipality in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar county in western Croatia. ... Kostrena is the Croatian municipality east of Rijeka on the Kvarner Bay. ... Kraljevica (known as Porto Re in Italian and literally translated as Kings cove in English) is a town in the Kvarner region of the country of Croatia, located between Rijeka and Crikvenica, approximately thirty kilometers from Opatija and near the entrance to the bridge to the island of Krk. ... Location of Krk in Croatia Krk (Italian Veglia, Latin Curicta) is a Croatian island in the northern Adriatic Sea, located near Rijeka in the Bay of Kvarner and part of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar county. ... The Romanian Orthodox church. ... Lovran, a small city situated on the western coast of Istria, Croatia. ... Mali LoÅ¡inj is a town and municipality in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar county in western Croatia. ... Malinska-DubaÅ¡nica is a municipality in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar county in western Croatia. ... Matulji is a municipality in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatia. ... Mošćenička Draga on the map of Croatia Mošćenička Draga is municipality in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. ... Mrkopalj on the map of Croatia Coat of arms Mrkopalj is a town in the mountainous part of Croatia in the region of Gorski kotar, located south of Delnice. ... Novi Vinodolski is a town on the Adriatic in Croatia, located south of Crikvenica, Selce and Bribir and north of Senj. ... OmiÅ¡alj is a small coastal town in the north-west of the island of Krk in Croatia. ... Punat is a municipality in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar county in western Croatia. ... Rab (Croatia) Coat of arms The historic town center of Rab For other uses, see Rab (disambiguation). ... Ravna Gora is a municipality in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar county in western Croatia. ... Rijeka (in local Croatian dialects Rika and Reka; Fiume in Italian and Hungarian. ... Skrad is a municipality in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar county in western Croatia. ... Vinodolska is a municipality in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar county in western Croatia. ... ViÅ¡kovo is a municipality in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar county in western Croatia. ... Vrbnik (also spelled Vrbnik) is a Croatian village perched on a rocky outcrop by the Adriatic sea on the east coast of the island of Krk. ... Vrbovsko is a town and a municipality in western Croatia, situated at the far east of the mountainous region of Gorski Kotar in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar county; on its 280 square kilometers area, Vrbovsko features 60 settlements and 6,047 inhabitants (2001). ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...