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  2. Gondola - Wikipedia

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    The gondola (English: / ˈɡɒndələ /, Italian: [ˈɡondola]; Venetian: góndoła, Venetian: [ˈɡoŋdoɰa]) is a traditional, flat-bottomed Venetian rowing boat, well suited to the conditions of the Venetian lagoon. It is typically propelled by a gondolier, who uses a rowing oar, which is not fastened to the hull, in a sculling manner, and ...

  3. Grand Canal (Venice) - Wikipedia

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    The Grand Canal (Italian: Canal Grande [kaˌnal ˈɡrande], locally and informally Canalazzo; Venetian: Canal Grando, locally usually Canałaso [kanaˈɰaso]) is the largest channel in Venice, Italy, forming one of the major water-traffic corridors in the city. One end of the canal leads into the lagoon near the Santa Lucia railway station and ...

  4. Venice - Wikipedia

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    Venice (/ ˈvɛnɪs / VEN-iss; Italian: Venezia [veˈnɛttsja] ⓘ; Venetian: Venesia [veˈnɛsja], formerly Venexia [veˈnɛzja]) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is built on a group of 126 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are linked by 472 bridges. [3]

  5. Venice tourists capsize gondola, fall into freezing canal ...

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    People take a gondola ride by the Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal in Venice on September 9, 2020, on the eighth day of the 77th Venice Film Festival, during the COVID-19 infection, caused by the ...

  6. List of gondola lifts - Wikipedia

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    Dragondola, Naeba, Yuzawa, Niigata, is the longest aerial lift in Japan (5.5 km), as well as the fastest gondola lift in the country (6 m/s) SP Gondola, Takasu Snow Park, Gujō, Gifu, also runs at 6 m/s. Gozaisho Ropeway, Komono, Mie. Katsuragiyama Ropeway, Izunokuni, Shizuoka. Nikkō Shiranesan Ropeway, Katashina, Gunma.

  7. Vaporetto - Wikipedia

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    Vaporetto. Vaporetto on the Canal Grande in Venice. The vaporetto is a Venetian public waterbus. There are 19 scheduled lines [1] that serve locales within Venice, and travel between Venice and nearby islands, such as Murano, Burano, and Lido. The name, vaporetto, could be translated as "little steamer", and refers to similarly purposed ships ...

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  9. Falkirk Wheel - Wikipedia

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    A timelapse from inside a boat. The Falkirk Wheel (Scottish Gaelic: Cuibhle na h-Eaglaise Brice) is a rotating boat lift in Tamfourhill, Falkirk, in central Scotland, connecting the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal. It opened in 2002 as part of the Millennium Link project, reconnecting the two canals for the first time since the 1930s.