The Scala di Narenta: A Rural Inland Port between the War of Candia (1645–1669) and the Morean War (1684–1699)

Abstract

The article aims to highlight the characteristics of the process concerning the completion of the Bosnian–Venetian commercial project regarding the opening of an inland maritime trade post in the last section of the Neretva river – precisely in the locality of Gabela – between the War of Candia (1645–1699) and the Morean War (1684–1699). The goal of the narrative is to enhance the societal, everyday life and spatial dimensions of an issue that at first glance might seem purely of an economic and territorial conquest nature. The article is based on the sources – thus, also perspective – of the Republic of Ragusa (Dubrovnik).