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Spanish Road
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English
Pronunciation
en əʊd 3
Proper noun
Spanish Road 1
en historical A land route which was used from 1567–1620 for military supply and trade, and stretched from northern Italy to the Low Countries.
en 2004 1972 Geoffrey Parker (historian) Geoffrey Parker https://books.google.com.au/books?id=YN7bdQHskL0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22The+Army+of+Flanders+and+the+Spanish+Road%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjTv_TAqKbfAhXTdH0KHc3XCWUQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=%22The%20Army%20of%20Flanders%20and%20the%20Spanish%20Road%22&f=false The Army of Flanders and the Spanish Road, 1567-1659 w:Cambridge University Press 2nd
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
French: fr chemin des Espagnols m, fr couloir sarde m
German: de Spanische Straße f
Italian: it Cammino di Fiandra m, it Cammino Spagnolo m
Marathi: mr स्पॅनिश रस्ता m, mr स्पॅनिश मार्ग m
Portuguese: pt Caminho Espanhol m
Spanish: es camino español m, es camino de los españoles m
Further reading
Oñate treaty