1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
TRAO (Serbo-Croatian Trogir; Lat. Tragurium), a seaport of Dalmatia, Austria. Pop. (1900) of town and commune, 17,064. Trau is situated 16 m. W. of Spalato by road, on an islet in the Trau channel, and is connected with the mainland and the adjoining island of Bua by two bridges. The city walls are intact on the north, where a 15th-century fort, the Castel Camerlengo, overlooks the sea. Above the main gateway the lion of St Mark is carved, and the general aspect of Trau is Venetian. Its streets, which are too narro…
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