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|description = Headquarters of the Venetian Navy
|description = Headquarters of the Venetian Navy
|location = [[Castello District]], [[Venice]], [[Italy]]
|location = [[Castello District]], [[Venice]], [[Italy]]
|dateconstructed = Began 1104  C.E.
|dateconstructed = Rebuilt in 1320 C.E.
|functions = Naval depot and construction yard.
|functions = Naval depot and construction yard.
|features = [[Secret Location|Templar Lair]]<br>[[View Points|Viewpoint]]
|features = [[Secret Location|Templar Lair]]<br>[[View Points|Viewpoint]]
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The '''Arsenale di Venezia''' (English: ''Arsenal of Venice'') was a shipyard in the north-east corner of [[Venice]]. Throughout its history, it served as a base of operations for the [[Templars|Knights Templar]], with the 1320 renovation of the shipyard paid for by Templar funds. As such, the facility was treated by the [[Assassin]]s as a [[Secret Locations|Templar lair]].<ref name="ac2"/>


In 1486, it served as the point of departure for the Templar vessel destined to collect the [[Ezio's Apple|Apple of Eden]], and also as the point of arrival for aforementioned vessel two years later.<ref name="ac2"/>
The '''Arsenale di Venezia''' (English: ''Arsenal of Venice'') was a shipyard in the north-east corner of [[Venice]]. Throughout its history, it served as a base of operations for the [[Templars|Knights Templar]], with the 1320 renovation of the shipyard paid for by Templar funds. As such, the facility was treated by the [[Assassins]] as a [[Secret Locations|Templar lair]].


==Database Entry==
==History==
''First built as a naval depot for private ships, the Arsenal was rebuilt and enlarged in 1320. From that point on, it was used by the Venetian state to construct and maintain its ships. Famously, at the peak of production, shipbuilders were able to produce an entire ship in a day. The impressive front gate (the Porta Magna) went up in 1460, in the Classical revivalist style.''
===Conception===
First built as a naval depot for private ships, the Arsenal was rebuilt and enlarged in 1320. From that point on, it was used by the Venetian state to construct and maintain its ships. Famously, at the peak of production, shipbuilders were able to produce an entire ship in a day. The impressive front gate (the Porta Magna) went up in 1460, in the classical revivalist style.


''It looks like [[Silvio Barbarigo]] was not the first Templar to control the Arsenal. According to my research, the 1320 renovation was paid for with Templar funds and they seem to have had an established base there ever since.''<ref name="ac2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>
===Templar vessels===
 
In 1486, it served as the point of departure for the Templar vessel destined to collect the [[Ezio's Apple|Apple of Eden]], and also as the point of arrival for aforementioned vessel two years later.
==References==
{{Reflist}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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Ezio freerun.jpg|Interior of the shipyard.
Ezio freerun.jpg|Interior of the shipyard.
</gallery>
</gallery>
==Source==
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''


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The Arsenale di Venezia (English: Arsenal of Venice) was a shipyard in the north-east corner of Venice. Throughout its history, it served as a base of operations for the Knights Templar, with the 1320 renovation of the shipyard paid for by Templar funds. As such, the facility was treated by the Assassins as a Templar lair.

History

Conception

First built as a naval depot for private ships, the Arsenal was rebuilt and enlarged in 1320. From that point on, it was used by the Venetian state to construct and maintain its ships. Famously, at the peak of production, shipbuilders were able to produce an entire ship in a day. The impressive front gate (the Porta Magna) went up in 1460, in the classical revivalist style.

Templar vessels

In 1486, it served as the point of departure for the Templar vessel destined to collect the Apple of Eden, and also as the point of arrival for aforementioned vessel two years later.

Gallery

Source