Spanish Road

The Spanish road was in the early modern period (especially in the 16th and 17th centuries ), roughly of the reign of Charles V. to the end of the Thirty Years' War, an important trade route, a strategically important route between northern Italy (then Burgundian kingdom circle, the the Spanish king board ), and the Spanish Netherlands. He ran through the Swiss Alps and then along the Rhine ( on the Rhine ) from Basel to the Netherlands. Because of its strategic importance tried the Spanish Habsburgs, possibly to face with all situated on this route cities and territories and good to ally with. Therefore, Spain Mixed partially in the internal affairs of the Holy Roman Empire. A particularly important role as a supply route for troops he had for the Spanish crown during the Eighty Years' War with the rebellious United Provinces.