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A Double-Headed Eagle in Rijeka/Fiume ... (Eugenio Battaglia, Italy, 12/30/20 6:16 am) At Fiume (Rijeka in Croatia), the main tower was topped with a double-headed eagle but on 30 October 1918, when the Town Council proclaimed its union with Italy, the locals went and decapitated one he ...
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Italians in Today's Croatia ... (Eugenio Battaglia, Italy, 07/27/20 4:55 am) Some clarification on my posts on Split/Spalato (July 21st and 22nd).  Several books would not be enough to address the topic. The fate of the Italians in Dalmatia, Fiume, Istria plus the u ...
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Who Was Responsible for Destroying Split's Italian Heritage? ... (Eugenio Battaglia, Italy, 07/22/20 5:47 am) John E asked about Wikipedia's claim that Split/Spalato's Italian/Venetian monuments and culture were destroyed by the occupying Germans in 1943-'44. This is the politically correct versi ...
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Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic, Croatia's New President ... (Eugenio Battaglia, Italy, 03/05/15 5:33 am) The right-wing Croatian Democratic Unionist (HDZ) Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic on 19 February 2015 has assumed the office of President of Croatia. She was born in Fiume/Rijeka in 1968; as Croatian F ...
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