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Rovinj
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Rovinj (rô`vēnyə), Ital. Rovigno d'Istria, town (1991 pop. 12,910), in Croatia, on the Istrian coast of the Adriatic Sea. It is a seaport with shipbuilding and fishing industries. Rovinj belonged to Venice from 1283 until 1797, when it passed to Austria. Italy acquired it in 1918, and it was ceded to Croatia, then a constitute republic of Yugoslavia, in 1947. The town has an institute of marine biology and an 18th-century cathedral.


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On Thursday five Morrocan men were arrested at a deserted farmhouse near Rovigno.
The recording (Discantica 02/03), with the orchestra and chorus of the Teatro Sociale di Rovigno under Giuseppe Grazioli, does this moving work ample justice, and the lovely singing from Danilo Rigosa (Vicar), Maurizio Frunosi (Angel), Maria Costanza Nocentini (Delia), and the rest, makes one long all the more for a full production, however considerable its demands.
 
 
 
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