5 THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT GONDOLAS Tamna, tiha i snažna, u isti mah STVARI KOJE NISTE ZNALI O GONDOLAMA 5 Od 1. juna letite Er Srbijom za Veneciju From 1 st June you can fly to Venice with Air Serbia
Dark, quiet and powerful, simultaneously romantic and mystical, sailing through the memories of anyone who has ever visited Venice. There are few symbols of cities that are so powerful and yet have such little-known origins
romantična i mistična, plovi sećanjima svakoga ko je ikada posetio Veneciju. Malo je gradskih simbola koji su toliko moćni, a da se o njihovom poreklu tako malo zna
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Zadivljujuće su identične. Prave se ručno, po propisima iz 19. veka. Svaka mora biti teška 700 kilograma – što je otprilike težina koncertnog klavira – dugačka 11 meta- ra, sastavljena od 280 delova i napravljena od osam vr- sta drveta. Na svakoj je leva strana 24 centimetra šira od desne. Izrada traje tri meseca i košta nekoliko dese- tina hiljada evra. Sve gondole su crne, prema zakonu iz 16. veka. Pre toga, plemstvo se nadmetalo u tome čija će gondo- la biti kitnjastija i raskošnije obojena. Prema drugom objašnjenju, crna je bila boja žalosti za hiljadama lju- di umrlim od kuge u 17. veku. Prema trećem, odabrana je zbog toga što je svetla put venecijanskih plemkinja uz nju najlepše dolazila do izražaja. Ipak, izgleda da je najtačnije da crna potiče od katrana kojim su se u po- četku gondole premazivale da ne bi propuštale vodu. Najprepoznatljivije obeležje je pramac, jedini metalni deo gondole, osim krme. Šest zubaca na prednjoj stra- ni pramca predstavlja šest delova Venecije (sestijeri), dok mali zubac na zadnjoj strani predstavlja venecijan- sko ostrvo Đudeku. Osim toga, pramac ima oblik slova S, što predstavlja oblik Velikog kanala. Nije lako postati gondolijer. Potrebno je izdržati 400 sati treninga, položiti rigorozan test iz istorije grada, tra- ži se i znanje stranih jezika, a pevački talenat je plus. Reč je o prestižnom poslu, koji se prenosi s kolena na koleno, a grad godišnje izda do četiri dozvole. Prva do- zvola za ženu gondolijera izdata je tek 2010. I da, odraće vas. Četrdesetominutna dnevna vožnja ko- šta oko 80 evra, a već posle sedam uveče 100 evra. Ako želite serenadu, biće skuplje. Da li vredi? Kada ste u Parizu, popećete se na Ajfelov toranj, u Njujorku na Em- pajer stejt bilding, a u Veneciji – u Veneciji ćete se vozi- ti gondolom.
Amazingly identical. Gondolas are made by hand, accor- ding to regulations from the 19 th century. Each must we- igh 700kg – which is roughly the weight of a grand pia- no – be 11 metres long, comprising 280 parts and made of eight different types of wood. On each of them the left side is 24cm wider than the right. Production lasts three months and costs several tens of thousands of euros. All gondolas are black , as required by a law from the 16 th century. Prior to that, the nobility competed to see whose gondola would be more lavishly painted. According to ano- ther explanation, black was chosen as the colour of mour- ning for the people who died from the plague in the 17 th century. According to a third theory, it was selected because the light path of Venetian noblewoman came to the fore the best with black. It seems that the most accurate explanati- on is that the black colour is a result of the tar that gondolas were initially coated with to ensure they wouldn’t leak. The bow is the most recognisable feature , as the only me- tal part of the gondola except the stern. The six prongs on the front of the bow represent the six parts of Venice (sestie- ri), while the small prong at the rear represents the Venetian island of Giudecca. Apart from that, the bow is also S-sha- ped, which represents the shape of the city’s Grand Canal. Becoming a gondolier isn’t easy. It is necessary to under- go 400 hours of training, pass a rigorous test on the history of the city, while knowledge of foreign languages is also so- ught and a talent for singing is an advantage. This prestigio- us job is transferred from generation to generation, while the City issues up to four licenses annually. The first ever li- cense for a female gondolier was only issued in 2010. And, yes, they’ll leave you penniless. A daily forty-minute ride costs around 80 euros, but after 7pm that price increa- ses to 100 euros. If you want to be serenaded, it will be more expensive. Is it worth it? When in Paris, you climb the Eiffel Tower, when in New York, you go to the top of the Empire State Building, and when in Venice – you ride a gondola.
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