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1281 St. Vitus\u2019 Rijeka was mentioned for the first time in the documents written by the Great Council of Venice \n1315 Hugon II Devinski, the city ruler, founded the Augustinian monastery in Rijeka in the vicinity of which St. Geronimo\u2019s Church was also built\n1336 \u2013 1365 Rijeka, under the rule of the Krk princes, later the Frankopans <\/p>\n<\/div>
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<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>Rijeka\u2019s Beginnings<\/h5><\/div>
The oldest traces of human presence in today\u2019s Rijeka area date back to the Palaeolithic and Neolithic periods, and the remnants of prehistoric castles (Solin above Martin\u0161\u0107ica, Trsatski brijeg and Veli vrh \u2013 Gradi\u0161\u0107e above the Rje\u010dina River) to the Bronze and Iron Ages. Such settlement dominated over...<\/p>\n<\/div>
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<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>The turbulent 20th century<\/h5><\/div>
During the civil revolution of 1848, the city was annexed to the Banovina of Croatia, and the governor Josip Jela\u010di\u0107 became governor of Rijeka. The fight over Rijeka between Croatia and Hungary was intensifying until the Croatian-Hungarian Treaty, the so called \u201cRije\u010dka krpica\u201d, was signed in 1868, putting Rijeka under direct...<\/p>\n<\/div>
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This expansive social and economic development also increased the number of inhabitants. Today, Rijeka and its surroundings have approximately 200.000 inhabitants. Simultaneously with its industrial development, Rijeka became the centre of western Croatia (Istria, Hrvatsko primorje...<\/p>\n<\/div>
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