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  2. Venice - Wikipedia

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    Venice began to lose the position as a centre of international trade during the later part of the Renaissance as Portugal became Europe's principal intermediary in the trade with the East, striking at the very foundation of Venice's great wealth. France and Spain fought for hegemony over Italy in the Italian Wars, marginalising its political ...

  3. Republic of Venice - Wikipedia

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    The Republic of Venice, [a] officially the Most Serene Republic of Venice and traditionally known as La Serenìssima, [b] was a sovereign state and maritime republic with its capital in Venice. Founded, according to tradition, in 697 by Paolo Lucio Anafesto , over the course of its 1,100 years of history it established itself as one of the ...

  4. Fra Mauro map - Wikipedia

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    The European part of the map, closest to Fra Mauro's home in Venice, is the most accurate. The map depicts the Mediterranean, the Atlantic coast, the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea and extends as far as Iceland. The coasts of the Mediterranean are very accurate and every major island and land mass is depicted.

  5. History of the Republic of Venice - Wikipedia

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    The Republic of Venice in AD 1000. The republican territory is dark red, the borders in light red. The Republic of Venice (Venetian: Repùbrega Vèneta; Italian: Repubblica di Venezia) was a sovereign state and maritime republic in Northeast Italy, which existed for a millennium between the 8th century and 1797.

  6. Geography of Spain - Wikipedia

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    Spain map of Köppen climate classification. Peninsular Spain experiences four principal climatic types: semi-arid, arid, maritime, and Mediterranean. [9] The locally generated steppe climate covers the majority of peninsular Spain, influencing the Meseta Central, the adjoining mountains to the east and the south, and the Ebro Basin. [9]

  7. File:Map of comune of Venice (province of Venice, region ...

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    The following other wikis use this file: Usage on af.wikipedia.org Venesië; Usage on ar.wikipedia.org البندقية; Usage on arz.wikipedia.org

  8. Piazza San Marco - Wikipedia

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    Piazza San Marco (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpjattsa san ˈmarko]; Venetian: Piasa San Marco), often known in English as St Mark's Square, is the principal public square of Venice, Italy, where it is generally known just as la Piazza ("the Square").

  9. Giacomo Gastaldi - Wikipedia

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    Gastaldi's world map (1548), showing North America and Asia as one continent. Gastaldi's map of New Spain (1548) Gastaldi's map of Moscovia (1550). Giacomo Gastaldi (c. 1500, in Villafranca Piemonte – October 1566, in Venice) was an Italian cartographer, astronomer and engineer of the 16th century.