
This typical Venetian boat is still made using eight different kinds of wood by skillful master carpenters.
They repair and construct this black boat in the so-called squero, a small boatyard, whose name derives from the square ruler used by shipwrights.
In this workshop the gondola takes its well-known asymmetric shape, that allows the gondolier to keep his balance, while gliding his boat along shallow canals.

In the bow there is the iron, (ferro) a stylized piece with multiple meanings. The shape of an inverted S represents Venice most famous canal, the Grand Canal. The arch over the top point of the ridge has the shape of the Rialto Bridge.

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