Chapter 501 Watercity Venice (1) (Page 1/1) After we all finished talking about bathing, Xiao Fei then said with a fluttering eyebrow: "By the way, we will go to that place next, the world is so big, we should really look around and shop more, anyway, there is still time to go, the grass and trees are autumn, life is a lifetime, life is extremely short, fleeting, so we should seize the time to see the different scenery around the world, so that we don't live in vain."

I thought for a moment and said without thinking: "By the way, the famous tourist and industrial city in northeastern Italy, Venice Water City is quite good."

It is also the capital of the Veneto region. Known as the Pearl of the Adriatic Sea, it was also assembled here during the Crusaders' Crusades, and it is one of the most romantic cities in the world.

Duan Gongzi glanced at me with infinitely gentle eyes and said endlessly: "It's really good, but the Venice of Italy, which is now famous, is not a subsidiary region of Italy, but the center of the Republic of Venice, so going to Venice now is equivalent to going abroad, so we are about to travel abroad again."

Shaped like a dolphin and a city of less than 7.8 square kilometres, Venice encompasses 118 islands and an adjacent peninsula in the Adriatic Sea on the Adriatic coast of northeastern Italy, with 117 waterways.

This saltwater lagoon is located along the coastline between the Po and Piave rivers. Quite good-looking, full of water world, all kinds of style, unique, unique, unique, beautiful, dreamlike, colorful, poetic and picturesque, make people fall in love at first sight, unforgettable at first sight, it is really a place full of wonder and dreams, Venice architecture, painting, sculpture, opera, etc. have an extremely important position and influence in the world.

The Venetian water city is the essence of the Renaissance, the only city in the world without cars, and in the 10th century became the main shipping hub of the time.

Overall, it is an extraordinary architectural masterpiece. Venice, known as the Suzhou of the West, is surrounded by the sea, and from the map, Venice looks like a crystal set in the waistband of a wonderful boot, shining in the waves of the Adriatic Sea.

Venice has the reputation of being born because of water, beautiful because of water, and prosperous because of water, and enjoys cities such as water city, water city, hundred island city, bridge city, hundred island city, queen of the Adriatic Sea, and water city.

This one-of-a-kind, one-of-a-kind, unforgettable, and memorable city on the water is a picturesque and historic city with its many historical monuments, and all the scenery here is inseparable from the water.

I remember reading such a beautiful description in a book, and it was quite apt - the style of Venice is always inseparable from water, winding water alleys, flowing clear waves, like a silent and affectionate girl, with tenderness pouring out of her eyes.

God shed tears here, but made it more crystal and tender, like a romantic dream floating on the blue waves.

Fascinating, the history of Venice is said to have begun in 453 AD, when Venetian farmers and fishermen fled to this small island in the Adriatic Sea to escape the nomadic sword-thirsty people.

The architecture of Venice is particularly beautiful and distinctive, with many monuments in the city, including churches, bell towers, convents and palaces.

The Aqueduct is the longest street that runs through the whole city of Venice, and it divides the city into two parts, so when we go to Venice, it is the best way to visit Venice by gondola and sightseeing.

I was very curious and said, "What is a gondola?"

Xiao Fei grabbed the topic and began to talk in a beaming manner: "The unique Venetian Spire Boat has a unique name - gondola, as the name suggests, you can also think of italian, the Italian GONDOLA, also translated as gondola or gondola.

This light, slender and chicly shaped boat has always been a means of transportation for the Venetians who live on the lagoon.

According to 1094 documents, the name comes from the first governor in the 7th century. The 11th century was the most popular period for gondolas, when there were more than 10,000 gondolas, but only a few hundred gondolas remain in Venice today.

Although the number is only one-twentieth of that of the 18th century, it is gratifying to see that small shipyards such as San Trovaso are still building and repairing these boats, allowing this ancient Venetian tradition to be perpetuated.

Gondolas were originally varied, and in the 16th century, gondolas were so gaudy that aristocrats often flaunted their wealth in beautifully carved gondolas decorated with satin and silk.

In order to curb this extravagance, the Venetian Senate issued a ban on the ornamentation of any ostentatious doors, that all that had been installed had to be removed, and that all gondolas were painted black.

The only thing left for decoration was the panel on the bow. This tradition has been maintained, and today's gondolas are uniformly black and are only decorated as flower boats on special occasions.

The boat has two parts that reflect the imagination of the craftsmen: the natural bow of the boat, much like the six-toothed halberds used in the 15th and 16th centuries, and the Ionian stern.

By the 18th century, the shape and size of the Venetian pinnacle would slowly fix into what we have in the 21st century.

In the 21st century, these boats are generally 10.75 meters long and 1.75 meters wide. The flat bottom of the boat is asymmetrical, which allows for better balance of the boat rowed on one side of the oar.

In the middle cabin of the former gondola, there was also a movable canopy to provide shelter from the sun and rain, and some of the canopies had small windows and small sliding doors.

Later, this canopy also disappeared. The gondolier wears only a tight-fitting knitted blouse with a horizontal stripe and a straw hat.

In the past, the uniforms of the boatmen were very peculiar and elaborate. When rowing, the boatman stands on the stern of the boat, with a long single oar resting on a curved oar.

On weekdays, gondolas are mainly used as tourist boats, and gondolas are more expensive, about 70~120 euros per 40 minutes on average.

Every year on the first Sunday afternoon in September, Venice also hosts the historic traditional gondola boat race, the Regata Storica rowing race, on the Grand Canal.

Look at my back skills, it's okay, it's really leaps and bounds to travel to ancient times, but unfortunately I have already passed the college entrance examination, otherwise with my current state of being a top student, Tsinghua University and Peking University are not a problem. This Xiao Fei glanced at Duan Gongzi unconvinced, Duan Gongzi just smiled politely and was very captivating.

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