Complete the sentence about Opatija with the correct year: The small hamlet of Opatija itself developed around a Benedictine abbey dedicated to Saint Jacob, which was first mentioned in ______.

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Correct answer: D. 1453

Opatija is a town in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in western Croatia. The little hamlet grew up around a Benedictine abbey dedicated to Saint Jacob, which was first mentioned in 1453, while Venice was taking western Istria and the area up to Opatija fell to the Habsburgs.

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