The Venice Arsenal, which employed up to 3,000 people in the 13th and 14th centuries, built the most efficient ships of its time. Remains discovered in 2001 in the lagoon helped unlock the secrets of these formidable buildings.

👋 More history documentaries 👉 http://bit.ly/3lqyFpY 🙏 Subscribe!

Marco d'Agostino is in charge of archaeological monitoring of the Venice Lagoon. On June 20, 2001, he spotted a wreck at a depth of eight meters which could be a galea, the emblematic vessel of the Republic of Venice, at the time when it controlled luxury trade from the Far East to the West of the globe. .
The story of this unique excavation, for which an entire area of the lagoon will be drained, will allow us to relive the three golden centuries of the Serenissima.

00:00 The quest for the legendary ship
06:25 The quest for the ghost ship
13:59 Venice after the capture of Constantinople
22:53 The secret construction of Galea
32:11 The discovery of wrecks in the lagoon
46:59 Decline of Venice in the face of new challenges
48:52 The Black Death in Venice

“Venice and the Ghost Ship”
Director: Maurice Ribière & Marco Visalbergh
© COMPAGNIE DES TAXI BROUSSE - 2006