Silk silk during the Medieval age. The first center to introduce silk production to Italy was the city of Catanzaro during the 11th century in the region of Calabria. The silk of Catanzaro supplied almost all of Europe and was sold in a large market fair in the port of Reggio Calabria, to Spanish, Venetian, Genovese and Dutch merchants. Catanzaro became the lace capital of the world with a large silkworm breeding facility that produced all the laces and linens used in the Vatican. The city was world-famous for its fine fabrication of silks, velvets, damasks and brocades. Another notable center
Cities along the Silk Road Cities along the Silk Road This articles lists cities located along the Silk Road. The Silk Road was a network of ancient trade routes which connected Europe with the Far East, spanning from the Mediterranean Sea to the Korean Peninsula and Japan. Major cities, broadly from the eastern Mediterranean to South Asia, and arranged roughly west to east in each area by modern-day country "Turkey" "Georgia" "Armenia" "Lebanon" "Syria" "Iraq" "Iran" "Turkmenistan" "Uzbekistan" "Tajikistan" "Kazakhstan" "Afghanistan" "Pakistan" "India" "Nepal" "Bangladesh" "Bhutan" "Korea" "Japan" This following list is attributed to Ptolemy. All city names are Ptolemy's, throughout all his works. Most