[{SlideShowNav}] !!!Gondolas on the Grand Canal [{Image src='840it.jpg' width='800' height='664' alt='Gondolas on the Grand Canal' class='image_left'}] [{SET customtitle='Gondolas on the Grand Canal'}] \\ Gondolas on the Grand Canal. A gondola is a traditional flat-bottomed Venetian rowing boat, hand-made using eight different types of wood and composed of 280 pieces.