Venice’s first female gondolier
Woman breaks male-only tradition to guide sightseers through Italian city’s canals.
Published On 20 Aug 2010
Giorgia Boscola is set to become the first female gondola guide in the Italian city of Venice, breaking a 900-year-old male-only tradition.
Boscola – who has been rowing since she was seven years old – is the first female to ever pass the challenging gondolier exam.
But she still has to take a technical exam on navigating through the city’s ubiquitous canals and its famous landmarks before she earns her official license to guide sightseers.
Al Jazeera’s Claudio Lavanga reports.
Source: Al Jazeera