Particolare raffigurante il ferro da prua di una gondola, Canaletto, 1730 (Metropolitan Museum)

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Detail depicting the bow-iron of a gondola, Canaletto, 1730 (Metropolitan Museum)

Increasingly, one or more images are circulating together with writings, which are intended to give a precise meaning to the shape in which the so-called gondola iron is forged, more appropriately ferro da prùa, which is positioned at the front of the gondola (the prow, in fact).What is said today about the prow iron and its meaningThe most complete account has it that symbolically the sestieri are represented by the six front 'teeth' of the iron, while the rear 'tooth' represents the island of Giudecca, the island of Venice;the island of Giudecca, the 'S' shape traces the route of the Grand C

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