Arsenale, Military arsenal in Verona, Italy.

The Arsenale di Verona is a 19th-century military complex consisting of nine buildings separated by inner courtyards, streets, and squares, all enclosed within a continuous perimeter wall. The layout includes storage facilities, workshops, and administrative spaces that once served to house weapons, equipment, and supplies for military operations.

The Austrian Empire built this military facility between 1854 and 1861 under Field Marshal Josef Radetzky's direction to support fortifications in Lombardy and Veneto. After Austrian forces withdrew, it served different military purposes until its eventual transformation into a public space.

The two-storey building of the eastern courtyard, partly destroyed by Allied air raids, was restored in the 1980s to a design by Veronese architect Libero Cecchini and handed to the Curia; the church of San Francesco d'Assisi now stands inside the former arsenal buildings. The large swimming pool of the military swimming school survives in the adjoining public park, reopened in September 2011.

The site is located in the Borgo Trento district and functions today as a public park where you can walk freely around the grounds. Wear good shoes because the terrain is uneven in places and some areas still bear marks from their long military history.

The complex suffered heavy damage during World War II bombardments, leaving sections of the site partially destroyed and left untouched for many decades. These ruins today tell their own story about war's impact on the city.