点评:The surviving part of the arsenal of Amalfi, with its naves as solemn as those of a church, arouses amazement and admiration: its current appearance accords well with the memories of the maritime republic, not only a powerful hotbed of navigation and commerce in medieval Mediterranean, but the first to develop in this sense among Italian cities: in this regard the passage from the book Ṣūrat al-'Arḍ [ar] ("The face of the Earth, 977AD) by the Arab traveler Ibn Hawkal is often cited, for which Amalfi at that time was "... the most prosperous city of Longobardy, the most noble, the most illustrious for its conditions, the most comfortable and opulent. The territory of Amalfi borders that of Naples; which is a beautiful city, but less important than Amalfi”.
Since the growth to the apogee was early in Amalfi, the decline was also early. And this - if desired - can also be inferred from the Arsenal affair. Conceived for the construction of combat galleys (while merchant ships were built in smaller yards, scattered along the coast), it originally had three naves instead of the current two, and above all it extended towards the sea for another 80 metres; it was therefore truly a majestic construction. But it's said that a good part of the length missing today was semi-destroyed by the fury of the sea in a very violent storm in November 1343. And this part was never rebuilt again, because the city had lost its independence for over a century and a half, and therefore an arsenal no longer had any reason to exist.
Today, after a sad story of abandonment and improper use, the surviving structure has been restored and used as a museum: its forms are still able to recall the past glory of the city.
翻译:阿马尔菲军火库幸存的部分,其中殿如教堂般庄严,令人惊叹和赞叹:它现在的面貌很符合这个海上共和国的记忆,不仅是中世纪地中海强大的航海和商业温床,但在意大利城市中第一个在这个意义上发展起来:在这方面,阿拉伯旅行家伊本·霍卡尔(Ibn Hawkal)所著的《Ṣūrat al-'Arḍ [ar](“地球的面貌,公元 977 年”)一书中的段落经常被引用,因为当时的阿马尔菲是“……伦巴第最繁荣、最高贵、最显赫的城市、最舒适和富裕的城市。阿马尔菲地区与那不勒斯地区接壤;这是一座美丽的城市,但不如阿马尔菲那么重要”。
由于阿马尔菲增长到最高点较早,因此下降也较早。如果需要的话,这一点也可以从阿森纳事件中推断出来。它是为建造战斗厨房而设计的(商船是在较小的船厂建造的,分散在沿海),它最初有三个中殿,而不是现在的两个,最重要的是,它向大海又延伸了 80 米;因此,它确实是一座宏伟的建筑。但据说今天缺失的长度的很大一部分是在 1343 年 11 月的一场非常猛烈的风暴中被大海的愤怒半毁了。而且这部分再也没有重建过,因为这座城市已经失去了一个多世纪的独立性半,因此兵工厂不再有任何存在的理由。
如今,在经历了废弃和不当使用的悲伤故事之后,幸存的建筑已被修复并用作博物馆:其形式仍然能够让人回想起这座城市过去的辉煌。