Venetian Arsenal
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The Venetian Arsenal 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 Venet
The main gate at the Venetian Arsenal
Venetian Arsenal towers
The Arsenal of Venice, 1797, by Gianmaria Maffioletti (Naval History Museum)
Stone Lion of Saint Mark above the main gate at the Arsenal
The Republic of Venice was dissolved and dismembered by the French general Napoleon Bonaparte and the Habsburg monarchy on 12 May 1797, ending approximately 1,100 years of its existence. It was the fi
Venetian Arsenal
…The Arsenal produced the majority of Venice's maritime trading vessels, which generated much of the city's economic wealth and power, lasting until the fall of the Venetian Republic to Napoleon in 1797. It is located in the Castello district of Venice, and it is now owned by the state. The Byzantine-style establishment may have…
Contemporary engraving of the entry of French troops into Venice in 1797
French general, and future ruler of France, Napoleon Bonaparte
The Porta Nuova of Verona, which opened its gates to Napoleon's troops on 1 June 1796.
The Austrian Archduke Charles, painted at the time of the Napoleonic Wars