Dalmatia is a region of Croatia and formerly the most southernly of the Austrian provinces. It consists of a long narrow triangulartract of mountainous country and a number of large islands along the north-east coast of the Adriatic Sea. In breadth it is very limited, not exceeding 40 miles in any part; its whole area is 4940 English square miles. The inland parts of Dalmatia are diversified by undulatory ground, hills, and high mountains; but though there are some rich and beautiful valleys. The Narenta, the Zermagna, the Kerka, and the Cettina are the principal rivers, all with short courses. On some of these the scenery is singularly wild and picturesque. After passing successively through the hands of Hungarian and Venetian rulers, and of the first Napoleon, Dalmatia finally, in 1814, fell under Austrian rule, and after the Great War most of the region was claimed by Italy. During the Second World War Dalmatia was taken by Germany and made part of Croatia. Following the end of the Second World War, most of Dalmatia was a part of Croatia which itself was part of Yugoslavia, the remainder of the region forming a part of Montenegro which was also part of Yugoslavia. Research Dalmatia
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