Spanish Road
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English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -əʊd
Proper noun
- (historical) A land route which was used from 1567–1620 for military supply and trade, and stretched from northern Italy to the Low Countries.
- 2004, Geoffrey Parker, The Army of Flanders and the Spanish Road, 1567-1659, 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, published 1972:
- 2008, Ciro Paoletti, A Military History of Italy, Greenwood Publishing (Praeger Security International), page 25,
- Soon after the war began, Spain moved its troops north along the Spanish Road. It was impossible to prevent their movement in Italy, but it was possible to cut the Spanish Road in Switzerland, in the Valtelline.
Translations
historical route used for military supply and trade, between northern Italy and the Low Countries
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Further reading
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