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 Alain Martineau
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| General Description | Within the Venetian lagoon there are over 400 Gondola used for every type of activity ranging from weddings to funerals, from pageants to regattas. Elegant techniques of rowing are expertly used by the gondolier to steer through often extremely narrow canals despite the gondola being almost 11 metres long, weighing 4 quintals. Although hated by Mussolini who thought the gondola was unworthy of modern times. One of the most well known and romantic images portraying Venice is the gondola. It is the most famous Venetian vessel also considered the most elegant means of transport. This is why over the centuries much emphasis has been placed on it's physical appearance for both construction as well as its interior furnishings such as the ‘ferro' (characteristic comb shaped iron work to represent the 6 areas of Venice), the special shape of the ‘forcola (typical oar holder),the curl like stern. So in order to transport the first tourists and wealthy foreigners around Venice the only boat that could be used was that which was used by the local nobility. |
| Height | 147.00 mm |
| Width | 209.00 mm |
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