Described in the Venetian documents as "the most beautiful building in the whole of Dalmatia", the Arsenal Theater was built to replace a building destroyed by the Ottomans in 1611 as an insistence to restore all that had been destroyed by the war. It was the first theater in Europe to receive the public and the aristocracy alike, and it was opened to visitors in 1612, and the theater remained a regional cultural center through the centuries, where plays were held on its stage until 2006, after which the remains of a Roman building were discovered under its floor, and it was closed and displayed To be restored for several years. After that, the theater reopened in 2016 and dedicated it to holding special national events.