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OSTROVIZZA

Volume 15 · 109 words · 1823 Edition

in Dalmatia (see Dalmatia), supposed by some to be the Arauzona, and by others the Stilopi of the ancients, though probably it has no connection with either the one or the other. It was purchased in 1410 by the republic of Venice, for 3000 ducats, and some pieces of land besides. Its fortress, which was seated on a rock, perpendicularly cut all round, and deservedly reckoned impregnable before the use of artillery, was taken by Soliman in 1524, but soon after restored to the dominion of Venice. At present, no traces of its fortification remain, and it is only a bare and isolated mass. It now belongs to Austria.