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During the renaissance era the Italian city Gardone was renowned as the hub for high-quality gun making. Maestro Bartolomeo Beretta was a master gun barrel maker living in the city at the time when he established the brand in 1526. Arsenal of Venice paid him to make 185 arquebus barrels, making the Beretta company the oldest manufacturing company in the world which sells about $700 million worth annually.
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