Venice
Situated in the Veneto region, Venice is the capital with an area
city that extends into part of the lagoon and partly on the mainland.
This type of boat is currently used mainly for tourism, but also for ceremonies such as weddings and funerals, as well as ferries to transport people from one bank of the Canal Grande. In the latter case, the so-called gondolòni, particularly Roomy with two rowers, one aft and one forward. The custom is very ancient and the places of transit as the Ca 'Rezzonico and Ca' d'Oro are reported by the name of the street, Calle del ferry. The first documents governing the operation of the ferries go back to the mid-fourteenth Another use of the gondola is the athlete in sailing vessels dedicated to the Venetian tradition, as the famous Historical Regatta. In these races are also used gondolas size reduced to two rowers said Gondolin. The gondola was built and repaired in small sites such squeri one such example squero San Trovaso.
The appassinati art can visit with escort the major museums of Venice, which among other things, Lace Museum Burano, Museum of Eighteenth Century Venetian Glass Museum of Murano, Museum of the Hellenic Institute, Museo della Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Museo della Scuola Dalmata dei SS. George and Tryphon, Museum of Natural History, Provincial Museum of Torcello Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art Jewish Museum National Archaeological Museum of Venice Museo Correr Museo d'Arte Erotica, Museo d'Arte Orientale, Museo Marciano Parish Museum St. Peter Martyr Museo Storico Navale, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Scuola Grande dei Carmini Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista Scuola Grande di San Marco Scuola Grande di San Rocco Casa Goldoni, Palazzo Centi Giorgio Franchetti Gallery at Ca 'd'Oro Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna Accademia Galleria di Palazzo Cini Palazzo Fortuny Palazzo Ducale Palazzo Grassi Peggy Guggenheim Collection Art Gallery and Museum of S. Lazzaro degli Armeni Pinacoteca Manfrediniana and Punta della Dogana. For fun and recreation exist Venice some clubs and night club a riguardo si segnala characteristic Night Club Lady Marilyn in Via Revedoli 53 to Jesolo and the funny Miva Night Club located in Via Triestina 52 to Venice city. |
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Among the major monuments of
Venice to visit Piazza San Marco, the Basilica of San Marco, Palazzo Ducale,
The bell tower of San Marco is located in front of the Palazzo Ducale, built in 1173 as a beacon for sailors,
rebuilt in 1902 following a collapse.
The Rialto Bridge by Antonio Da Ponte, the Grand Canal, the Ponte dell'Accademia,
Scalzi bridge, the bridge of the Constitution,
the Arsenale, the church of Santa Maria della Salute, the synagogues in the Ghetto and the basilica of Santa
Maria Gloriosa dei Frari.
Attraction for tourists and tradition are transport by gondola, this boat is typical of the Venice lagoon,
because of its maneuverability and speed was the better half
suitable for transporting passengers to Venice, where the water ways are
always been the most used for travel,
until the advent of motorized vehicle.
Despite the considerable length of approximately 11 meters, the gondola, thanks to the flat bottom portion and the reduced
hull submerged,
is extremely handy and can be maneuvered in tight spaces.
All this, however, requires considerable skill from the conductor, said gondolier
must be equipped with a highly developed sense of balance in that position
rowing the end of the stern is very unstable. To avoid clashes, there is the custom to warn
item when you turn into a narrow stream and the typical calls like "Hey" is a characteristic feature
city.
Characteristic asymmetric shape, in fact the left side is larger than the right, may be conducted by one or two rowers who vogano Venetian ie facing the bow. The asymmetry, which nowadays is very evident, and serves to simplify the conduct of a single oar, it is still fairly recent introduction of projects since the end of
the nineteenth century show that at the time the form was still only marginally skewed.
Currently, the gondolas are open boats, but until the early years of last century, were equipped with a cabin
Removable fèlze said. When Venice was a city with a population much higher than the current
and had not been achieved the considerable silting of the rivers occurred later in the nineteenth time,
The gondola is the means of transport for excellence.
The on board could be quite long and the winter weather Venetian
coverage fèlze allow for some comfort and intimacy.
The long paddle supplied with the gondoliers of
Venice
and operated a sort of leaning on rowlock fórcola free to call.
Is inserted into a special slot and lifted off after use. The typical bow iron called in Venetian fero
testing or Dolfin, aims to balance the boat and has traditionally meant to represent
the six districts of Venice including the Giudecca, and the Doge's hat. In iron bow, also called the comb,
Gondolas of some newly built, in addition to the 6 fingers facing forward, representing the
6 districts of the city of Venice and a pointing backwards, which represents the Giudecca
There are also three finishes that have the meaning to represent the three bridges in Venice
Ponte degli Scalzi, the Rialto Bridge and Accademia Bridge. Iron is called the stern fight. The escort state
that the gondola is structurally composed of 280 different pieces made from various woods of timber and its construction
In the story that the traditional black color of the boat was the result of an ancient decree of sumptuary
Venetian Senate to limit the excessive pomp in the decoration of gondolas, ancient paintings
of bright colors and covered with precious fabrics and gilding. The escort claimed that in the past
noble families owned one or more gondolas
de casada with which they were carrying on business or pleasure. The so-called fresh were occasions
meeting and social life and were real boat rides taking place in the city.
This habit gave rise also to a musical genre: the so-called song that had batèla
its maximum brilliance in the eighteenth century but that still is commonplace for tourism.
