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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-scale industrial enterprises in history".[1][2] 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 within the Arsenal, building ships that sailed from the city's port.[6] With high walls shielding the Arsenal from public view and guards protecting its perimeter, different areas of the Arsenal each produced a particular prefabricated ship part or other maritime

Venetian Arsenal - Wikipedia Jump to content Coordinates : 45°26′07″N 12°21′11″E / 45.43528°N 12.35306°E / 45.43528; 12.35306 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Shipbuilding factory of the Republic of Venice Venetian Arsenal Arsenal The main gate at the Venetian Arsenal Opening date 1104 Owner Italian Republic Location Venice , Italy Interactive map of Venetian Arsenal Coordinates: 45°26′07″N 12°21′11″E / 45.43528°N 12.35306°E / 45.43528; 12.35306 [[Geographic coordinate system|Coordinates]]: {{#parsoid\u0000fragment:6}}<span class=\"plainlinks nourlexpansion\">[https://geohack.toolforge.or

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