The Venetian Shipyards, Heraklion, Greece
Also known as the Venetian Arsenal, the Venetian Shipyards were an ambitious military project developed in four stages between the 15th and 17th centuries. A total of 19 shipyards were built, grouped in three complexes: the Antichi Arsenal, the Vechi Arsenal and the Nuovi Arsenal. In the 17th century, when Heraklion harbour took its final form, the arsenal was able to dock 50 galleys at a time. The shipyards were used for the construction and repair of ships of the at the time mighty fleet of the Republic of Venice. In the 1930s a significant part of the arsenal was destroyed to give way to the new harbour. Today only six shipyards, part of the Vechi and Nuovi arsenals, remain.
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