Regata Storica
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This event is on the Grand Canal on the 1st Sun in September.
This event begins with a procession of ornate boats down the Grand Canal, rowed by locals in 16th-century costume.
Once this is over, the races start – which is what most locals have come to see. There are four: one for young rowers, one for women, one for rowers of caorline (long canoe-like boats in which the prow and the stern are identical) and the last, the most eagerly awaited,is two-man sporting gondolini.
The finish is at the sharp curve of the Grand Canal between Palazzo Barbi and Ca’ Foscari: here, the judges sit in an ornate raft known as the machina, where the prize-giving takes place.
This event begins with a procession of ornate boats down the Grand Canal, rowed by locals in 16th-century costume.
Once this is over, the races start – which is what most locals have come to see. There are four: one for young rowers, one for women, one for rowers of caorline (long canoe-like boats in which the prow and the stern are identical) and the last, the most eagerly awaited,is two-man sporting gondolini.
The finish is at the sharp curve of the Grand Canal between Palazzo Barbi and Ca’ Foscari: here, the judges sit in an ornate raft known as the machina, where the prize-giving takes place.