Spanish road

The Spanish Road was an important land and trade route connecting the Habsburg's possessions in the Low Countries with Northern Italy, where the Spanish crown's possessions more or less surrounded the Papal states.Historian Geoffrey Parker, in his 1972 book The Army of Flanders and the Spanish Road 1567-1659, focused on the Spanish Road's importance in supplying troops and resources to the Army of Flanders during the Dutch Revolt and later.
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