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It takes craftmanship to make a Gondola. We head to Venice to take peak inside one of the last workshops
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It takes craftmanship to make a Gondola. We head to Venice to take peak inside one of the last workshops
The gondola is a masterpiece of craftsmanship: 280 pieces of wood, from eight types of timber (oak, fir, cherry, larch, walnut, lime, elm and mahogany) and a minimum of seven layers of paint. Over time, this sleek black symbol has been perfectly designed for negotiating the meandering Venetian waterways. During their heyday, from the 16th to 18th centuries, gondolas numbered around 10,000 and were the main means of transport. Today, there are o…
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