The Venetian shipyard features three arched docks which were used to service their two fleets which were stationed in Corfu, The arsenal was built in 1716 as part of defences against the Ottomans and was abandoned by the Venetians in 1798 when the Venetian Republic ceased to exist. It shares this famous area were just one hundred meters away the Serbian soldiers landed in 1914, marked by an obelisk close to the beach.