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LA SPEZIA MILITARY ARSENAL ITALIAN NAVY
Historically the first to identify the Gulf of La Spezia as a possible location for a military arsenal was Napoleon Bonaparte. The idea was taken up by Cavour who entrusted Domenico Chiodo, an officer in the military engineering department, with the construction of the new naval base.
The works for the construction of the maritime military arsenal of La Spezia began in 1862 and ended on 28 August 1869, when General Domenico Chiodo...
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