The term arsenal derives from the Arabic expression "darsina'a" (which mixes the words dock and shipyard), subsequently modified into the Venetian form "darzanà" (from which the Dante coining "arzanà" derives), "arzanàl" (or " arsenàl ") and finally the arsenal.
The foundation of this large shipyard dates back to 1104 under the Doge of Ordelafo Falier and started from two islands called "Twins". From the fourteenth century it gradually began to expand by increasing the number of construction sites and buildings such as the "Casa del Canevo" (building used for the manufacture of
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