Arsenal des galères

Arsenal des galères - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Arsenal des Galères (lit. French for Galleys Arsenal) is a former military arsenal located in Marseille, France. It was built by Colbert in the second half of the 17th century to house and arm King Louis XIV's galleys, but was only fully operational for less than a hundred years, galleys rapidly losing their role in naval warfare to ships. Read more on Wikipedia

type: historic site
date from: None

Source: en.wikipedia.org