[Ans] By law, what color is a gondola in Venice, Italy?

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The gondola is a Venetian flat-bottomed boat that has been a traditional part of navigating the canals of Venice for hundreds of years. Although gondolas were once the primary means of transportation around Venice, they are mainly used to transport tourists today. Gondolas must be painted black by law, an ordinance which dates back to a 16th-century sumptuary law which tried to check the increasing gaudiness that had begun to touch all aspects of Venetian society, including their private boats. The black gondola has become one of the world's most beautiful, yet functional, works of art.

[Answer] By law, what color is a gondola in Venice, Italy?

Step 1 : Introduction to the question "By law, what color is a gondola in Venice, Italy?"

...The gondola is a Venetian flat-bottomed boat that has been a traditional part of navigating the canals of Venice for hundreds of years. Although gondolas were once the primary means of transportation around Venice, they are mainly used to transport tourists today. Gondolas must be painted black by law, an ordinance which dates back to a 16th-century sumptuary law which tried to check the increasing gaudiness that had begun to touch all aspects of Venetian society, including their private boats. The black gondola has become one of the world's most beautiful, yet functional, works of art.

[Ans] By law, what color is a gondola in Venice, Italy?

Step 1 : Introduction to the question "By law, what color is a gondola in Venice, Italy?"

...While in previous centuries gondolas could be many different colors, a sumptuary law of Venice required that gondolas should be painted black, and they are customarily so painted now. It is estimated that there were eight to ten thousand gondolas during the 17th and 18th century. Gondola (disambiguation) Gondola lift Gondola (magazine) The Gondolas of Venice — Rick Steves' Europe 

 Gondola stand and gondolier, Venice, Italy ... Riding a Venetian gondola is simple, expensive, and one of the great ... They're always painted black (six coats ) — the result of a 17th-century law a doge ...