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Venice’s city hall has announced this week that it is on the hunt for new gondoliers. The job requirements include being 18 or over, having a high school-level education, knowing how to swim, and possessing a medical certificate that proves “a healthy and robust constitution”.
Trainees must undertake 30 hours of theory lessons, during which they will learn the waterways equivalent of the highway code. They will also be taught English and French, and about the history, art and culture of Venice, with a particular focus on how the city was built and its water routes. Then they will embark on 10 hours of practical training, involving rowing a gondola with its single oar, under the guidance of a master gondolier.
Today, there are only 433 gondoliers. The profession used to be exclusively male, with its coveted licences usually handed down from father to son. But now the profession is open to anyone who is an EU citizen. Giorgia Boscolo became the first female gondolier in 2009, and today there are 14 women.
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