Spalato
Spalato names 3 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Spalato or SPALATRO United States on the side of the
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
or SPALATRO United States on the side of the Allies greatly complicated the political situation in Spain, and the entire cabinet resigned on April 19, 1917. Garcia Prioto was appointed prime minister. The new cabinet at once declared the continuance of neutrality. As the German submarine warfare increased it became ever more difficult for Spain to maintain friendly relations with all the belligerents. The Allies complained against the sinking of their passenger vessels in Spanish waters in increased numbers, and as an added complication many Spanish vessels were sunk by German submarines. The army demanded radical reforms in its organization and administration, and finally put these demands in the form of an ultimatum. As a result of these difficulties the minister resigned on June 9, 1917, and Señor Dato became again prime minister. He at once undertook to grant the reforms asked by the army. Dissatisfaction among the working people led to strikes in many parts of the country in 1917, and on August 13 of that year martial law was declared. A revolution was threatened in Catalonia. In the face of all these problems the cabinet resigned at the end of October. A coalition ministry was formed which undertook to compromise on the disputed questions. Several ministries now fell and rose in succession. Throughout 1918 difficulties with Germany continued in regard to submarine warfare as the result of repeated sinkings of Spanish ships. The demand for constitutional and economic reforms continued to harass the government, but there were no open outbreaks. On the assembling of the Peace Conference at Paris, Count Romanones conferred with the Allied statesmen. Catalonia was promised a separate government in 1919, and was granted a Parliament of two chambers. In April of that year, however, serious disorders again broke out and Barcelona and the Catalonian districts were given a place under martial law. Following the war economic conditions in Spain were serious, although it fared better than the countries actually engaged in war. There was a shortage of wheat in 1920 which resulted in bread riots in various parts of the country. There was an outbreak in Morocco in July, 1920, and Spanish troops undertook to put it down. Operations continued slowly for the remainder of the year and finally resulted in the suppression of the outbreak.
Spalato or SPALATRO ful situation the Emperor Diocletian built for
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
or SPALATRO ful situation the Emperor Diocletian built for himself a colossal palace, to which he retired when he abdicated the throne in 305. The palace faced the sea, looking S.; its walls were from 570 to 700 feet long and 50 to 70 feet high, and inclosed an area of 91½ acres. It stood square, like a Roman camp, and had a gate in the middle of each side, and was of the most solid construction. Architecturally it is of the highest interest in that it contains several features that presage the architectural styles and devices of modern times. Within the palace area is a building supposed to be the mausoleum of the emperor. Since the year 650 this edifice has been a Christian cathedral; it contains a magnificent marble pulpit. All exterior walls of this gigantic palace are still standing in a fairly good state of preservation. But the interior was converted into a town in 639 by the citizens of Savona who escaped the destruction of their town by the Avars, and it has been occupied ever since. The existing city of Spalato lies, more than half of it, outside the palace walls. It has a lively trade in gra grain, cattle, oil, horses, etc., the Lasva railway (1895-1897) connecting it with Bosnia and the Danubian lands. Its industries embrace the manufacture of liquors (rosoglio and maraschino). Pop. about 31,500.
Spalato or SPALATRO, a town of Dalmatia
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
or SPALATRO, a town of Dalmatia, Jugoslavia; on a promontory on the E. side of the Adriatic; 160 miles S. E. of Fiume. Here in a most beauti-
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's wrote in 1921 of "Spalato or Spalatro, a town of Dalmatia, Jugoslavia" with a population of about 31,500; the place is now Split, the second-largest city of Croatia, with roughly 160,000 residents and a metropolitan area larger still. The Italian name Spalato fell out of ordinary English use after the Second World War, and Yugoslavia itself dissolved when Croatia became independent in 1991. Diocletian's palace, which Collier's rightly called "of the highest interest," was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1979 and remains a lived-in town centre rather than a ruin. One detail in the text is garbled: the refugees who settled inside the walls came from nearby Salona, not Savona.
Written for this edition, 2026.