{"id":13,"date":"2012-11-20T21:05:53","date_gmt":"2012-11-20T21:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rowvenice.vivavogaveneta.org\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2012-11-20T21:05:53","modified_gmt":"2012-11-20T21:05:53","slug":"venice-voga-alla-veneta","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rowvenice.org\/fr\/venice-voga-alla-veneta\/","title":{"rendered":"Venice and the Voga"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since Venice’s emergence around the 8th century AD, the interrelationship of city, sea, and lagoon has been integral to the Republic’s history. This relationship is most famously celebrated still today by the ceremony of\u00a0Lo Sposalizio del Mare\u00a0<\/em>– the Marriage to the Sea.<\/p>\n

\"Canaletto,<\/a>

Canaletto, Return of the Bucintoro to the Molo on Ascension Day<\/p><\/div>\n

Venetian maritime might depended\u2014literally\u2014on the speed and agility of the galea<\/em>\u2014the sea galley.\u00a0Propelled chiefly by oars, they were utilized both in trade and war, as a transport ship of the muda<\/em> \u00a0(powered with speed necessary to outrun the pirates along the Dalmatian coast), or as war galleys, rowed into battle in faraway places such as Lepanto.<\/p>\n

While her great galleys were central to Venice’s dominance of the Adriatic, there was always a flotilla of smaller work craft that sustained day to day life…all propelled by the voga<\/em>.<\/h3>\n

\"Venice<\/a><\/p>\n

The voga alla veneta<\/em>\u00a0rowing style is used to navigate the\u00a0iconic gondola, along with every other version of keel-less, rudder-less, flat-bottomed Venetian craft. You’ll \u00a0note that\u00a0in historical representations of Venice such as the Barbari map, and even paintings by Canaletto or Guardi, \u00a0gondolas are a minority of the craft depicted, while the majority are versatile and multi-purpose boats, once numbering over fifty different types, these craft were\u00a0the true work horses of the venetian economy and social life.<\/p>\n

These barche tipiche<\/em>\u00a0today\u00a0include<\/p>\n