[1] It was built between 1660 and 1663 and designed by the famed baroque architect and sculptor Gianlorenzo Bernini.
It was located on the site of the ancient Roman port of Centum Cellae in Civitavecchia close to Rome itself.
The structure was mistakenly destroyed in 1944 in an Allied bombing raid during World War II, along with most of the surrounding port area.
In the painting, the front facade of the arsenal's building bears the Pope's seal.
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