Information about the economic life

The Regno di Negroponte (kingdom of Euboea), as was the name of Euboea after it had come under the Venetian rule, became an important centre of transit trade, through which were traded such products as wheat, salt, raisin and timber. The island was also a place of concentration and storage of fabrics, silks, wools and cottons that arrived from the countries of West Europe.

Two Venetian judges had been appointed in Euboea as well as three counsellors that were later reduced to two, who were in charge of collecting taxes. Something that revealed the great Venetian influence on the economic transactions of the island is the fact that Venetian measures and weights were in force. From as early as 1211, the church of St. Marcus, houses, shops and a square around the church, along with houses and land properties in other places of the city belonged to Venice.