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Various types of gondola boats are also used in special regattas (rowing races) held amongst gondoliers. Their primary role today, however, is to carry tourists on rides at fixed rates. [3] There are approximately 400 licensed gondoliers in Venice and a similar number of boats, down from the thousands that travelled the canals centuries ago. [4]
In Gondola Days (1897), Francis Hopkinson Smith (1838–1915) stated that the sandolo was "the only boat of really modern design, and this is rarely used as a fishing-boat". He went on to describe it as "a shallow skiff drawing but a few inches of water, and with bow and stern sharp and very low", and considered that it was originally intended ...
Venice of America may refer to the following places: Original name of Venice, Los Angeles and the Venice Canal Historic District, in California; Nickname of Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Nickname of Cape Coral, Florida; Nickname of Holyoke, Massachusetts, particularly its downtown, which contains the Holyoke Canal System; Nickname of Lowell ...
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The Boat received a 78% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes. [6] The Hollywood Reporter called the film "unique". [1] The Times of Malta gave it a positive review, describing it as a "a discomfiting and chilling ride," and praising the actor's ability to "[project] the man’s myriad emotions with consummate ease," despite having "sparse dialogue to work with."
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