Asteroid 1160 Illyria - Illyrian Provinces Boundary - Zagreb, Croatia
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N 45° 46.987 E 015° 57.302
33T E 574238 N 5070393
Asteroid 1160 Illyria and Illyrian Provinces Boundary in Zagreb, Croatia.
Waymark Code: WMWC62
Location: Croatia
Date Posted: 08/12/2017
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1160 Illyria is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. It makes a revolution around the Sun once every 4 years. It was discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at Heidelberg, Germany on September 9, 1929. Its provisional designation was 1929 RL. It is named for the ancient region of Illyria.
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In classical antiquity, Illyria was a region in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula inhabited by the Illyrians. The prehistory of Illyria and the Illyrians is known from archaeological evidence. The Romans conquered the region in 168 BC in the aftermath of the Illyrian Wars. The name Illyria was revived by Napoleon for the Illyrian Provinces that were incorporated into the French Empire from 1809 to 1813, and the Kingdom of Illyria (1816–1849) was part of Austria until 1849, after which time it was not used in the reorganised Austro-Hungarian Empire.
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Location for this waymark is memorial boundary marker that marks the boundary of Illyrian Provinces from Napoleon times. The marker says "The boundary of Illyrian Provinces in the time of Napoleon, 1800-1813" in Croatian and in French language. It was placed in its current location on July 17, 1989, on 200th anniversary of French Revolution.