Where Gondolas Born - Venice Italy

by Paolo Signorini

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Where Gondolas Born - Venice Italy

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Paolo Signorini

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Photograph - Photography

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Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List - Italy - Venice and its Lagoon 1987

The tiny boatyard known as the Squero di San Trovaso was
established in the 17th century.It sits beside the Church of San Trovaso and close to the Accademia Bridge. The small wooden structures visitors view at the yard are Tyrolean in style since workers came originally from an area around Cadore, in theDolomites, an Italian section of the Alps.The boatyard has been home to the workshops of many generations of gondola builders, skilled in the specifics of crafting Venice’s famed boats, which carry scores of visitors through the canals of this fine city.
Statistics show that there are about 350 gondolas on the canal each day (there were once 10,000!) and many of them are repaired at the Squero di San Trovaso, which has become more of a repair facility than a building yard. On occasion, however, a new gondola is built here, fashioned from seven different kinds of wood - mahogany, cherry, fir, walnut, oak, elm, and lime – as tradition dictates. The boatyard is not open to the public so you can only catch a glimpse of what's going on by watching from across the rio San Trovaso.

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