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The Venetian Arsenal (Italian: Arsenale di Venezia) is a complex of former shipyards and armories clustered together in the city of Venice in northern Italy. Owned by the state, the Arsenal was responsible for the bulk of the Venetian Republic's naval power from the Late Middle Ages to the early modern period. It was "one of the earliest large ...
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.
The Museo Storico Navale is a naval history museum located in the Castello district of Venice, near the Venetian Arsenal. The museum was established by the Regia Marina (the Italian Royal Navy) in 1919. [1] Its collections include items relating to the naval and maritime history of Venice, and it has a large number of ship models and weapons on ...
English: The third lion of the Door land the Arsenal of Venice comes from Delos and came here in 1716 by Francesco Nani Mocenigo, after his successful resistance headquarters the fortress of Corfu by the Turks, the Greek sculpture dated sixth century. The head of the end of the seventeenth as the foundation which bears the inscription: ANNO ...
As those ships were launched, six new first-rates were ordered and laid down in the Arsenal: they were still inspired by the San Lorenzo, but modified according to Bonvicini's notes. Those new vessels, able to carry 50-pounder guns on the gundeck and 30-pounders on the upper gundeck, had a keel length of 122 Venetian feet (42.38 m) and formed ...
Ancient Greek lion statue at the Arsenal, Venice. The Piraeus Lion (Italian: Leone del Pireo) is one of four lion statues on display at the Venetian Arsenal, Italy, where it was displayed as a symbol of Venice's patron saint, Saint Mark. The statue is made of white marble and stands some 3 m (9 ft.) high.
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Venice: 1666–1667: Lead ship, took part in the Morean War: Scrapped at the Arsenal starting on 4 October 1693. Costanza Guerriera: Venice: 1666–1667: Lost in a shipwreck at Rapallo, Palermo, on 4 October 1684. Redentor del Mondo: Venice: 1681–1686: Armed with 68 guns, increased to 70 in 1697. Scrapped at the Arsenal starting on 11 June ...