English summary: Venice obtained profitable earnings from the salt trade - this key product helps in the understanding of the military and diplomatic policies of the Republic; the complexity in the handling of its finances; the mysteries of the administration and centers of decision; the mechanism of the relationships between the capital and the city-states of Italy or the maritime empire from Istria to Cyprus and the foreign lords; the expansion of the artistic life around the ducal palace. Venice was the city of salt that ...
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English summary: Venice obtained profitable earnings from the salt trade - this key product helps in the understanding of the military and diplomatic policies of the Republic; the complexity in the handling of its finances; the mysteries of the administration and centers of decision; the mechanism of the relationships between the capital and the city-states of Italy or the maritime empire from Istria to Cyprus and the foreign lords; the expansion of the artistic life around the ducal palace. Venice was the city of salt that financed public monuments and the palaces and villas of noble families. French text. French description: Venise et le monopole du sel deplace l'interet de l'histoire du sel vers une histoire globale - de Venise et de ses Etats - articulee sur une double voie d'eau; maritime au depart des terminaux du commerce; et fluviale par la navigation sur le Po et l'Adige. Venise a obtenu du sel des gains considerables; ce produit-cle aide a comprendre la politique militaire et diplomatique de la Republique; la complexite du maniement des finances; les arcanes de l'administration et des centres de decision; le mecanisme des relations entre la capitale et les cites d'Italie ou l'empire maritime de l'Istrie a Chypre et avec les seigneuries etrangeres; le foisonnement de la vie artistique autour du palais ducal. Venise fut la ville du sel qui a finance les monuments publics et les palais et les villas des familles d'armateurs nobles.
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