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The
Venetian Arsenal (
Italian language:
Arsenale di Venezia) is a
shipyard and naval depot that played a leading role in Venetian empire-building. It was one of the most important areas of Venice, lying in the
Castello, Venice sestiere (Venice).
The
Byzantine architecture-style establishment may have existed as early as the
8th century, though the present structure is usually said to have been begun in
1104, although there is no evidence for such a precise date. It definitely existed by the early
thirteenth century and is mentioned in Dante Alighieri's
The Divine Comedy#Inferno. The name probably comes from Arabic language
Dar al Sina’a ("Dockyard") and the concept was clearly Islam as much as Byzantine.
Initially the state
dockyard worked merely to maintain
navy ships built privately, but in
1320 the Arsenal Nuovo was built, much larger than the original. It enabled all the state's navy and the larger
merchant ships to be both constructed and maintained in one place. The Arsenal incidentally became an important centre for rope manufacture, while housing for the arsenal workers grew up outside its walls.
Venice developed methods of
mass production warships in the Arsenal, including the frame-first system to replace the Rome hull-first practice. The new system was much faster and required less wood. At the peak of its efficiency in the early 16th century, the Arsenal employed some 16,000 people who apparently were able to produce nearly one
ship each day, and could fit out, arm, and provision a newly-built galley with mass production on a assembly line basis not seen again until the
Industrial Revolution.
The staff of the Arsenal also developed new
firearms at an early date, beginning with
bombards in the
1370s and numerous small arms against the Genoa a few years later. Improvements in handguns led to their muzzle velocity (and therefore their ability to penetrate armor) exceeding that of the
crossbow. The Venetian
condottieri leader, Bartolomeo Colleoni, is usually given credit as being the first to mount the Arsenal's new lighter-weight
artillery on mobile carriages for field use.
, 1732.The Arsenal's main gate, the
Porta Magna, was built in about 1460 and was the first
Classical revival structure to be built in Venice. It was perhaps built by
Antonio Gambello from a design by Jacopo Bellini. Two lions taken from
Greece situated beside it were added in 1687. One of the lions, known as the Piraeus Lion, is notable for having been defaced with lengthy Runic alphabet inscriptions carved in the 11th century by Scandinavian mercenary soldiers.
The
Arsenal Novissimo was begun in 1473. It enabled the creation of a system similar to an assembly line, in which hull (watercraft)s were constructed in the newer areas of the Arsenal before being fitted out in the old Arsenal.
In the late 16th century, the Arsenal's designers experimented with larger ships as platforms for heavy naval guns. The most impressive was the
Galley#Galleass, already used at
Battle of Lepanto, and developed from the old merchanting "great galley". It was huge, with sails as well as oars, and was virtually a floating fortress, with guns mounted on wheeled carriages along the sides in the modern fashion. It was slow and unwieldy in battle, however, and few were ever built. The
galleon, also developed at the Arsenal, was an armed sailing ship, a slimmer version of the merchant "
round ship". It was useful in major naval battles, but not in the small bays and off the frequent
lee shores of the
Dalmatia coast.
Significant parts of the Arsenal were destroyed under Napoleonic rule, and later rebuilt to enable the Arsenal's present use as a
naval base. It is also used as a research centre, an exhibition venue during the
Venice Biennale and is home to a historic boat preservation centre.
See also
External links
- thetis - What is the Arsenale
- Satellite image from Google Maps
image:Venetian_Arsenal.jpgThe
Venetian Arsenal (
Italian language:
Arsenale di Venezia) is a
shipyard and naval depot that played a leading role in Venetian empire-building. It was one of the most important areas of
Venice, lying in the Castello, Venice
sestiere (Venice).
The Byzantine architecture-style establishment may have existed as early as the 8th century, though the present structure is usually said to have been begun in
1104, although there is no evidence for such a precise date. It definitely existed by the early thirteenth century and is mentioned in
Dante Alighieri's
The Divine Comedy#Inferno. The name probably comes from Arabic language
Dar al Sina’a ("Dockyard") and the concept was clearly
Islam as much as Byzantine.
Initially the state dockyard worked merely to maintain
navy ships built privately, but in
1320 the Arsenal Nuovo was built, much larger than the original. It enabled all the state's navy and the larger
merchant ships to be both constructed and maintained in one place. The Arsenal incidentally became an important centre for rope manufacture, while housing for the arsenal workers grew up outside its walls.
Venice developed methods of
mass production warships in the Arsenal, including the frame-first system to replace the Rome hull-first practice. The new system was much faster and required less wood. At the peak of its efficiency in the early 16th century, the Arsenal employed some 16,000 people who apparently were able to produce nearly one
ship each day, and could fit out, arm, and provision a newly-built
galley with
mass production on a assembly line basis not seen again until the
Industrial Revolution.
The staff of the Arsenal also developed new
firearms at an early date, beginning with bombards in the
1370s and numerous small arms against the Genoa a few years later. Improvements in
handguns led to their muzzle velocity (and therefore their ability to penetrate
armor) exceeding that of the crossbow. The Venetian
condottieri leader,
Bartolomeo Colleoni, is usually given credit as being the first to mount the Arsenal's new lighter-weight
artillery on mobile carriages for field use.
, 1732.The Arsenal's main gate, the
Porta Magna, was built in about
1460 and was the first Classical revival structure to be built in Venice. It was perhaps built by
Antonio Gambello from a design by
Jacopo Bellini. Two
lions taken from
Greece situated beside it were added in 1687. One of the lions, known as the Piraeus Lion, is notable for having been defaced with lengthy Runic alphabet inscriptions carved in the 11th century by Scandinavian mercenary soldiers.
The
Arsenal Novissimo was begun in 1473. It enabled the creation of a system similar to an
assembly line, in which hull (watercraft)s were constructed in the newer areas of the Arsenal before being fitted out in the old Arsenal.
In the late
16th century, the Arsenal's designers experimented with larger ships as platforms for heavy naval guns. The most impressive was the
Galley#Galleass, already used at
Battle of Lepanto, and developed from the old merchanting "great galley". It was huge, with sails as well as oars, and was virtually a floating fortress, with guns mounted on wheeled carriages along the sides in the modern fashion. It was slow and unwieldy in battle, however, and few were ever built. The
galleon, also developed at the Arsenal, was an armed sailing ship, a slimmer version of the merchant "
round ship". It was useful in major naval battles, but not in the small bays and off the frequent lee shores of the
Dalmatia coast.
Significant parts of the Arsenal were destroyed under Napoleonic rule, and later rebuilt to enable the Arsenal's present use as a naval base. It is also used as a research centre, an exhibition venue during the
Venice Biennale and is home to a historic boat preservation centre.
See also
External links
- thetis - What is the Arsenale
- Satellite image from Google Maps
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