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Behind the Arsenal, Fogg Art Museum

The Calle Seco Marina, near the public gardens, at the far eastern end of the sestiere of Castello, in Venice, Italy. 1 It was a working class quarter, not far from the Casa Jankowitz where Whistler was staying. The 'Arsenale' were the shipyards where the fleets that gave the Venetian Republic its economic and military superiority were built. The area became military property when the Austrians occupied the city in 1815, but there are still working boatyards behind the Arsenale.