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Gymnasium on the Water

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Gymnasium on the Water

Sporting activities in Venice

Anna Gilchrist & Lisa Hilton
Apr 22, 2023
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‘as Venetian women were so athletic, how much more impressive must be their men?’

Professor Gigliola Gori of the University of Urbino titled “Sporting Events Organised in Venice: Male Boating and the Amazing Case of Women’s Rowing Contests”. Published 2015
Detail from an illustration of women racing in Venice c.1610 by Giacomo Franco (1550 – 1620).

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