Discover the squeri, the shipyard where traditional lagoon boats are built in the city that has been built to be navigated around. Enter the world of Venetian squeri, small boatyards where expert craftsmen build and repair wooden boats. These activities are just as ancient as Venice itself, everything is still the way it used to be. Just a few steps away from the usual tourist routes, let’s meet the last master boat builders that pass on the art of building gondolas and all other typical lagoon boats. A city born on water implies another logical consequence: the use of the "forcola" the venetian oarlock used for rowing in the venetian way. Be enchanted by the care and patience characterizing these professions carrying on such an ancient tradition. Walk around discovering lagoon boats moored on canal banks, ending up on a gondola ferry experiencing it is still a useful mean of transportation for local residents of this floating city.
Visit a traditional squero built on a courtyard that slopes down towards the water to launch or tow boats, active since the 17th century and one of the few still active nowadays.
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Get into the details of a fórcola and understand how its shape allows eight different points of control to change the speed and the direction of the boat. Every single oxbow and elbow are studied to allow the movements of the oar in the water, which move and govern the boat.
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The Voga alla Veneta technique of rowing
The Voga alla Veneta technique of rowing is considerably different from the style used in international sport rowing, due to the oarsman facing forward in a standing position. This allows the boat to manoeuvre very quickly and with agility - useful in the narrow and busy canals of Venice.
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Hop on a gondola and cross Canal Grande as locals
Hop on a gondola and cross Canal Grande as locals are doing since centuries
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near Cafoscarina bookshop
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