November 12, 2010

The European magazine

The European magazine, London review: Volume 83, From december to july, 1823




"...to Austria also conducted thither the Greeks, the Albanians, and the Macedonians. These different nations are not very numerous, for there are scarcely an hundred families of them in Transylvania, though they abound there more than in any other province. These people, being naturally industrious,have been very useful to Austria; and the town of Cronstadt owes to them the establishment of several important manufactures. It is only in Moravia that some Walloon families are seen, who remind us of that brilliant period of her history when Austria reigned over Spain as well as Germany..."

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