# Canonical recap data for Venice's Arsenal Launches First Galley (1570)
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title: Venice's Arsenal Launches First Galley
subtitle: Venice's revolutionary assembly-line shipyard produced a fully-equipped war galley in a single day, pioneering industrial manufacturing centuries before the industrial revolution.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1570-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1570
decade: 1570
country:
name: Italy
slug: italy
summaryShort: 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 Venetian Republic's naval power from the Late Middle Ages to the early modern period. It was "one of the earliest large-scale
summaryLong: 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 Venetian Republic's naval power from the Late Middle Ages to the early modern period. It was "one of the earliest large-scale industrial enterprises in history".
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Venetian Arsenal"
importance: 77
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venetian_Arsenal"
  title: Venice Arsenal
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- launch
metaDescription: 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 w
wikidataQid: Q1262248
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  capturedAt: 2026-06-13
  label: Venice Arsenal
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venetian_Arsenal"
