Venetian Boats (original) (raw)

VENETIAN BOATS

The great majority of tourists, who are hastily visiting Venice, think that all boats in the canals are gondole. On the contrary there is a variety of different boats cruising the Laguna. Each boat has gradually evolved, in order to suit a specific requirement, so to become an unicum.

Gondola Gondola
Other rowing boats Other rowing boats
River boats River boats
Sea-going boats Sea-going boats
Historic boats Historic boats
Venetian rowing Venetian Rowing
Body plans Body plans

© The text and images, unless otherwise indicated, are by Gilberto Penzo
The forcole were made by Saverio Pastor and photographed by Sergio Sutto. The gondolier is Pierluigi Pilla.