Plan of the Reials Drassanes, by W. A. Koblinau

Gründe rib der Atarezana oder arsenale bür Barcelon, W. A. Koblinau, 1709

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Num. inventory: 717P

Object name: plan

Title: Gründe rib der Atarezana oder arsenale bür Barcelona

Object date: 1709

Author: W. A. Koblinau

Technique and material: ink on canvas paper

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Plan of the Reials Drassanes in Barcelona from 1709. The author, W. A. Koblinau, was probably an Austrian officer in the city during the War of Spanish Succession, as the title is written in Austrian German: Gründe rib der Atarezana oder arsenale bür Barcelona.

This is the oldest plan of the building, showing the floor plan before the great renovation started in the early 18th century, when a great central slipway was built by joining two slipways.