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Commerce developed, and the city began to spread and flourish.
Especially in the wine trade, Kranj competed constantly with
Ptuj, but more rapid development was hindered by Turkish sieges,
fires, and the plague that took one third of the population
in the middle of the 17th century. In the 18th
century, the city got new momentum with the modernization of
the road from Vienna to Trieste. Further notable progress was
achieved in the 19th century when the town gate and
the wall were demolished and traffic was allowed into the city
and when the southern railroad from Vienna to Trieste was completed.
The
development of skilled trades, commerce, and industry, the construction
of new buildings, and the spread of the city to the right bank
of the Drava shaped modern Maribor, the economic, traffic, cultural,
and science research center of northeastern Slovenia.
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