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Construction of the Arsenal began around 1104, during Venice's republican era. [3] [4] It became the largest industrial complex in Europe before the Industrial Revolution, [5] spanning an area of about 45 hectares (110 acres), or about 15 percent of Venice. [3] Surrounded by a 2-mile (3.2 km) rampart, laborers and shipbuilders regularly worked ...
English: Map of the structure of the Venice Biennial 2005. Iolanda Pensa and graphic design by Federica Verona, 2006. Iolanda Pensa and graphic design by Federica Verona, 2006. Date
The view from the Bridge of Sighs was the last view of Venice that convicts saw before their imprisonment. The bridge's English name was bestowed by Lord Byron in the 19th century as a translation from the Italian "Ponte dei sospiri", [2] [3] from the suggestion that prisoners would sigh at their final view of beautiful Venice through the window before being taken down to their cells.
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Giving shelter to refugees fleeing Hunnic invaders in the 6th century, Venice grew in the Venetian Lagoon in the northern Adriatic.From the very beginning, it focused on establishing and maintaining maritime trade routes across the Eastern Mediterranean to the Levant and beyond; Venice's commercial and military strength, and continued survival, was founded on the strength of its fleet.
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