The monumental building arsenal - the largest structure of Kherson fortress that has survived to this day. Planted in 1784, the project architect. B. Vanrezanta. It was the biggest arsenal south of the Russian Empire, where he kept guns, muskets, edged weapons and ammunition for the Army, stationed in the Novorossiysk Territory. The facade of the building with two porticos chetyrehkolonnymi went to the Palace Square, according to the overall ensemble St. Catherine's Cathedral. After the earthquake in 1802 the arsenal has been rebuilt. Kherson when the fort was abandoned, the building was used as a prison armory, which opened at the Pokrovsky chapel. Since then, Arsenal have not changed your profile. Now it hosts the detention facility, as well as regional TV.