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[[File:250px-Croatia-Dalmatia.png|thumb|right|600px|Dalmatia (the dark purple) within todays modern [[Croatia]]]]

[[File:250px-Croatia-Dalmatia.png|thumb|right|600px|Dalmatia (the dark purple) within todays modern [[Croatia]]]]

[[File:85px-Coat of arms of Dalmatia crowned.svg.png|thumb|right|125px|Dalmatia's Coat of arms]]

[[File:85px-Coat of arms of Dalmatia crowned.svg.png|thumb|right|125px|Dalmatia's Coat of arms]]

'''Dalmatian Italians''' are a historical national minority in the region of Dalmatia which is now part of [[Croatia]].  

'''Dalmatian Italians''' are a historical national minority in the region of Dalmatia which is now part of [[Croatia]].  

Today they reside mostly in the city areas of Zadar, Split, Trogir, and  Sibenik in Croatia, and Kotor, Perast, and Budva in Montenegro. In other parts of Croatia, there are Italian communities located in the '''Istrian''' peninsula and the city of Rijeka.

Today they reside mostly in the city areas of Zadar, Split, Trogir, and  Sibenik in Croatia, and Kotor, Perast, and Budva in Montenegro. In other parts of Croatia, there are Italian communities located in the '''Istrian''' peninsula and the city of Rijeka.

== Antun Travirka - Dalmatia (History, Culture, Art Heritage) ==

== Antun Travirka - Dalmatia (History, Culture, Art Heritage) ==

The '''region''' of the Western Balkans (former [[Communists|Communist]] Yugoslavia) has problems when interpreting its multicultural, multiethnic history and societies. This most certainly applies to the history of  '''Dalmatian Italians''', the former Republic of Ragusa and other regions.  

The '''region''' of the Western Balkans (former [[Communists|Communist]] Yugoslavia) has problems when interpreting its multicultural, multiethnic history and societies. This most certainly applies to the history of  '''Dalmatian Italians''', the former Republic of Ragusa and other regions.  

{{Cquote|''Two hundred years later that, is, early in the tenth century you might have heard Slavish and Latin spoken had you walked in the streets of Ragusa (Dubrovnik), just as you hear Slavish and Italian today ; for as times of peace followed times of war, the Greek and Roman inhabitants of Rausium intermarried with the surrounding Slavs, and so a mixed race sprang up, a people apart from the rest of Dalmatia.'' <ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=EcvNw81I3hkC&pg=PA121&dq=Dalmatia:+The+Land+Where+East+Meets+West+Slavish+and+Italian+today&hl=en&ei=J46dTKDEF4XOvQOT_PS4DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Dalmatia: The Land Where East Meets West] by Maude Holbach (p121)

{{Cquote|''Two hundred years later that, is, early in the tenth century you might have heard Slavish and Latin spoken had you walked in the streets of Ragusa (Dubrovnik), just as you hear Slavish and Italian today ; for as times of peace followed times of war, the Greek and Roman inhabitants of Rausium intermarried with the surrounding Slavs, and so a mixed race sprang up, a people apart from the rest of Dalmatia.'' <ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=EcvNw81I3hkC&pg=PA121&dq=Dalmatia:+The+Land+Where+East+Meets+West+Slavish+and+Italian+today&hl=en&ei=J46dTKDEF4XOvQOT_PS4DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Dalmatia: The Land Where East Meets West] by Maude Holbach (p121)

* "DALMATIA: The Land Where East Meets West is MAUDE M. HOLBACH's second book of travel in Eastern Europe. First published in '''1910''', this is an anthropological travel journal of an often-overlooked kingdom" [http://www.cosimobooks.com/cosimo/about.html Web site: www.cosimobooks.com]</ref>}}

* "DALMATIA: The Land Where East Meets West is MAUDE M. HOLBACH's second book of travel in Eastern Europe. First published in '''1910''', this is an anthropological travel journal of an often-overlooked kingdom" [http://www.cosimobooks.com/cosimo/about.html Web site: www.cosimobooks.com]</ref>}}

[[File:Venetian galley at Curzola-engraving.jpg|thumb|right|375px|English: A 19th century engraving of a Venetian galley fighting a Genoese fleet at the battle of Curzola in 1298. The Granger Collection]]

[[File:Venetian galley at Curzola-engraving.jpg|thumb|right|375px| A 19th century engraving of a Venetian galley fighting a Genoese fleet at the battle of Curzola in 1298. The Granger Collection-England]]

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