Arsenale Franz Josef I

This guide to the Arsenale Franz Josef I in Verona traces its start in 1854, when Field Marshal Radetzky ordered the city turned into the toughest fortress in the Austrian empire's grip on northern Italy. Nine buildings rose behind a wall nearly four hundred meters long, a working factory of gun carriages, harnesses, and ammunition rather than a castle for show. It follows the complex through Verona joining Italy in 1866 and the city's purchase of the grounds in 1995, up to its life today. Stand in the courtyard and picture soldiers where market stalls now stand.