Gymnasium on the Water

Sporting activities in Venice

‘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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