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Fiorello Henry La Guardia [a] (born Fiorello Raffaele Enrico La Guardia; [b] December 11, 1882 – September 20, 1947) was an American attorney and politician who represented New York in the U.S. House of Representatives and served as the 99th mayor of New York City from 1934 to 1946. He was known for his irascible, energetic, and charismatic ...
Indeed, the full and complete name with which the town is known currently is La Guardia de Navarra Sonsierra. There has been some controversy about the Basque name of the town. In the late nineteenth century, the belief that before granting the "letter of villazgo" in 1164, the population of Laguardia was called Biasteri had spread. Many people ...
Territories promised to Italy by the 1915 Treaty of London, i.e. Trentino-Alto Adige, the Julian March and Dalmatia (tan), and the Snežnik Plateau area (green).. Since at least 18th century, Croatia and Hungary, both realms of the Habsburg monarchy at the time, laid competing claims on the city of Rijeka (Italian: Fiume) – as a part of the national territory and an important Adriatic port. [7]
Rijeka international Airport Railway in Rijeka Ferry in Rijeka harbour The Port of Rijeka is the largest port in Croatia, with a cargo throughput in 2017 of 12.6 million tonnes, mostly crude oil and refined petroleum products, general cargo and bulk cargo , and 260,337 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). [ 75 ]
The Roman arch (Rimski luk), the oldest architectural monument in Rijeka and an entrance to the old town. Though traces of Neolithic settlements can be found in the region, the earliest modern settlements on the site were Celtic Tharsatica (modern Trsat, now part of Rijeka) on the hill, and the tribe of mariners, the Liburni, in the natural harbour below.
This is a list of Italian exonyms for places in the Croatian region of Dalmatia and the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea (including the shores of Montenegro), up to the area of Rijeka. Larger towns [ edit ]
Alfredo de la Guardia (fl. 1940s), Argentine screenwriter; Bernardo de la Guardia (1900-1970), Costa Rican fencer; Ernesto de la Guardia (1904–1983), former president of Panama; Miguel de La Guardia, Spanish chemist; Ponç de la Guàrdia (1154–1188), Catalan knight; Reverter de La Guardia (died 1142 or 1144), Catalan adventurer
1970 – Rijeka Airport opens. 1973 University of Rijeka established. Dvorana Mladosti (sport venue) opens in Trsat. 1978 – Automotodrom Grobnik opens. 1991 City becomes part of Croatia. Population: 167,964 city; [12] metro 236,028. [citation needed] 1993 - Slavko Linić becomes mayor. [citation needed] 1998 – Polytechnic of Rijeka founded ...