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All Gondolas in Venice are black

  • January 18, 2020
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All Gondolas in Venice are black

In 1532 the Venetian government passed a law forbidding the over-zealous decoration of gondolas. Since then they have always been painted black.

Source: Pick your brains about… Italy by Jez Matthews

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gondola

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