Venetian Arsenal | |
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| Arsenal | |
 The main gate at the Venetian Arsenal | |
| Opening date | 1104 |
| Owner | Italian Republic |
| Location | Venice, Italy |
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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]
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