The Venice Heritage Tower affords a vantage point of Italy's first industrial port, built on the shores of the lagoon in 1917. The decision to
The word arsenale, or “arsenal” in English, comes from the Arabic term daras-sina'ah, “house of industry” or “house of trade”, a term
Today as in the past, at Venice and Chioggia, the “pilot” has the job of taking command of inbound ships. Their tasks are complex and strategic,
The great shipyard known as “the Arsenal” dates back to 1150-1200. In the early 1300s Dante described the frenetic industrial operations involved
Upon the completion of a rail bridge connecting with the mainland in 1846, the area of Santa Marta and Campo di Marte emerged as a core location for
Venice is a city born around its port, and since its founding it has looked out to the open sea, developing as a port city. The Venetians sailed
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