Throughout the period of the Venetian Republic, olive oil production was, together with salt making, wine growing, wine production and fishery, one of the main branches of the Istrian Economy. Its importance grew considerably form the 16th century on when olive oil was increasingly used for the illumination of expanding towns, and as a raw material for semi-industrial products. The paper deals with the olive oil production, trade, sale, taxation and smuggling. The quantitative historical data give us a fairly reliable picture of the olive oil prices, trade, production volume and tax rates.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1611475
In this article, the authors study the diverse roles of rural fortifications in northern Istria within the context of military events and the participation of the rural population therein. These events include the incursions of Ottoman robber bands as well as the first and second Austro-Venetian wars. We discuss the variety of functions, including the symbolic one, of architecturally variously fortified buildings: watchtowers, fortified walls with watchtowers, fortified churches and fortified karst pits.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1760467