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[[File:Squero_di_San_Trovaso_1.png|thumb|right|200px|Squero di San Trovaso.]] | [[File:Squero_di_San_Trovaso_1.png|thumb|right|200px|Squero di San Trovaso.]] | ||
The '''Squero di San Trovaso''' was a small square in [[Venice]] used as a boatyard to build and repair [[Gondola|gondolas]]. Performers and [[Civilians|citizens]] filled the square throughout [[Carnevale]] during the [[Italy|Italian]] [[Renaissance]]. | The '''Squero di San Trovaso''' was a small square located in [[Venice]] used as a boatyard to build and repair [[Gondola|gondolas]]. Performers and [[Civilians|citizens]] filled the square throughout [[Carnevale]] during the [[Italy|Italian]] [[Renaissance]]. | ||
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The chief means of transportation within Venice, gondolas are fashioned out of eight different kinds of wood (mahogany, cherry, fir, walnut, oak, elm, larch and lime) and are made of 280 pieces. | |||
The left side of the boat is longer than the right side, allowing the gondolier to pilot the gondola from the left without it changing direction, and ensuring that intoxicated gondoliers don't accidentally hit their passengers in the face with an oar while switching sides. | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*In ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'', Carnevale performers remain in the square even after the celebrations have ended. | *In ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'', Carnevale performers remain in the square even after the celebrations have ended. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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Squero di San Trovaso 2.png|Squero di San Trovaso during the Carnevale. | Squero di San Trovaso 2.png|Squero di San Trovaso during the Carnevale. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' | |||
[[Category:Venice]] | [[Category:Venice]] | ||
[[Category:Landmarks]] | [[Category:Landmarks]] | ||
Revision as of 19:38, 23 December 2011
The Squero di San Trovaso was a small square located in Venice used as a boatyard to build and repair gondolas. Performers and citizens filled the square throughout Carnevale during the Italian Renaissance.
History
The chief means of transportation within Venice, gondolas are fashioned out of eight different kinds of wood (mahogany, cherry, fir, walnut, oak, elm, larch and lime) and are made of 280 pieces.
The left side of the boat is longer than the right side, allowing the gondolier to pilot the gondola from the left without it changing direction, and ensuring that intoxicated gondoliers don't accidentally hit their passengers in the face with an oar while switching sides.
Trivia
- In Assassin's Creed II, Carnevale performers remain in the square even after the celebrations have ended.
Gallery
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Squero di San Trovaso during the Carnevale.
