Venice introducing photo
Week-end in Venice

Close-up photo of a gondola prow

Gondola or Viking drakkar?

Gondola bow iron
06/08

Whatever the boats, the prows are often decorated. In Venice, there is no shortage of gondolas since almost all of them feature superb artistically chiseled bow irons. What did you think when you first looked at this photo? Personally, this bow iron reminds me of those positioned at the front of Viking longships.