First, Venice's intermediary functions in the Adriatic Sea, where it had dominated the business of shipping for other parties, were lost to direct trading.

首先，威尼斯在亚得里亚海的中介功能被直接贸易所取代。威尼斯在该海域曾主导着其他国家的航运业务。

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Bosnia is shut off from the Adriatic by the mountains.

波斯尼亚和亚得里亚海之间有群山相隔。

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Arsenale officers first brought timber from the foothills of the Alps, then from north toward Trieste, and finally from across the Adriatic.

阿尔塞纳尔的官员们首先从阿尔卑斯山的山麓地带运来木材，然后（将木材）从北方运至里雅斯特，最后从亚得里亚海对岸运来（木材）。

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When the city was founded about one thousand six hundred years ago, the level of the Adriatic Sea was almost two meters lower than it is today.

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This was the area of Europe between the Adriatic and Black Seas.

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His house was severely damaged by the quake. He and his family are now renting an apartment in Pescara,Abruzzo's - a modern city on Italy's Adriatic coast.

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Jutting into the Adriatic Sea is a highly coveted spit of land that houses the Astir Palace Resort.

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