KomÃ¡rno in Slovakia is an inland port on the Danube River which is an important international waterway. Several international treaties have established freedom of navigation on semi-enclosed seas. The Copenhagen Convention of 1857 opened access to the Baltic by abolishing the Sound Dues and making the Danish Straits an international waterway free to all commercial and military shipping.
The expansion of cocoa in Europe (17th - 19th centuries) During the 17th century, cocoa began arriving in other ports throughout Europe, effortlessly conquering every region's palate. Chocolate beverages were first embraced by the French court following the royal marriage of King Louis XIII to the Spanish Princess Anne of Austria in 1615.
This combination is referred to as ganache and it is used as the main ingredient and inner layer of truffles. Sometime around December 1895, the first chocolate truffles were made. They were invented in Chambery, France by M. Dufour and by the early 1900âs the rest of Europe learned about truffles. Soon after that, they were introduced to the rest of the world.