Post by syzygy on Mar 1, 2018 13:09:14 GMT
Corpus separatum, a Latin term meaning "separated body", refers to the status of the City of Fiume (modern Rijeka, Croatia) while given a special legal and political status different from its environment under the rule of the Kingdom of Hungary. Formally known as City of Fiume and its District (Hungarian: Fiume város és kerülete), it was instituted by Empress Maria Theresa in 1779, determining the semi-autonomous status of Fiume within the Habsburg Monarchy until the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918 – the longest-lasting known case of an actually implemented corpus separatum ever.
City of Fiume and its District
Corpus separatum of the Kingdom of Hungary (1779–1919)
Part of the Illyrian Provinces (1809–1816) and the Kingdom of Illyria (1816–1822)
Part of the Kingdom of Croatia (1849–1868)
Motto: Indeficienter / "Inexhaustible"
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City of Fiume and its District
Corpus separatum of the Kingdom of Hungary (1779–1919)
Part of the Illyrian Provinces (1809–1816) and the Kingdom of Illyria (1816–1822)
Part of the Kingdom of Croatia (1849–1868)
Motto: Indeficienter / "Inexhaustible"
...
Fiume.kmz (2.63 KB)
17 placemarks and two (hotlinked) overlays (off as default) in attached kmz folder
