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Venetian Arsenals of Heraklion

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Venetian Arsenals of Heraklion

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1. Heraklion Harbor Lighthouse – Heraklion Marina loop from Πόρος

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2. Venetian Loggia of Heraklion – Heraklion Market Street loop from Πόρος

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3. Heraklion Marina – Heraklion Market Street loop from Heraklion

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Natascha

October 27, 2018

In the port of Heraklion, we still see a part of the shipyards (arsenals), which consist of large elongated cupolas. These are the shipyards of the Venetians, where they have housed, stored, built and repaired their ships.

Each dome was designed for a galley and there were three different complexes of 19 shipyards built in different chronological periods. The complexes were: Arsenali Antichi, Arsenali Vechi and Arsenali Nuovi.

Today we only see parts of five shipyards (4 from Vechi and 1 from Nuovi). The rest was totally destroyed during the construction of the coastal road in the early 20th century.

South and next to the Nuovi shipyard we can still see the large water tank of Zane with a capacity of 20,000 barrels. On the other side, to the west, we see the salt deposit, where the Venetians stored the precious salt that is traded throughout Europe.

Source:

cretanbeaches.com/de/st%C3%A4dte-auf-kreta/heraklion-stadt/venezianischer-hafen-von-heraklion/heraklion-venezianische-werften

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Bruce

August 29, 2021

From 1333, Francesco delle Barche of said arsenal, who became known for the mechanical shovel with which one could clean the bottom of the Venetian lagoon, was responsible for the port expansion. [13] His report, which is extremely difficult to interpret, has been preserved. The pier was 270 m long, the passage to the port was 60 m wide, with the port wall running from southwest to northeast due to the strong winds from north-northwest in winter, just like at the Muslim port before. However, this port had become too small, so that Francesco had it expanded by more than 26 m to the northeast in a semicircle. For this purpose, an almost 140 m long breakwater was placed in front of it. But this new, northeastern breakwater proved to be unstable and collapsed in the middle of the 14th century. At the same time, Francesco had to constantly dredge the harbor, which threatened to silt up with sand from the inflowing streams and sea sand. The sand was sold, but he underestimated the influx of sand from the Dermata, one of the six streams around Candia, just as the Muslims had done. On the contrary, this silting up could explain why Candia did not have a significant port in the Muslim era and why it was not in use during the brief reign of the pirate Enrico Pescatore from 1207 to 1209.

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Stefanie

July 8, 2022

Venetian Arsenal/Wharf: Beautiful and interesting structure. Unfortunately, you cannot visit or enter them

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Venetian Arsenals of Heraklion

1. Heraklion Harbor Lighthouse – Heraklion Marina loop from Πόρος

2. Venetian Loggia of Heraklion – Heraklion Market Street loop from Πόρος

3. Heraklion Marina – Heraklion Market Street loop from Heraklion

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