ASD POLISPORTIVA VENEXIANA
The Polisportiva Venexiana was created as a necessity to transmit the tradition of Venetian rowing, the history of Venice and its lagoon for the future generations.
Through the experience of a champion rower Gloria Rogliani , president of the Polisportiva Venexiana she transmits the knowledge of the territory so deeply rooted in Venetian rowing to encourage the value of its history , culture and environmental protection and to maintain the tradition of the lagoon ecosystem .
Informations supplémentaires
Understanding Venice from the water helps you to become protagonists in the current time reinventing the ancient gesture of rowing technique .
The Venetian rowing has antique origins linked to folk festivals since the thirteenth century and has always involved citizens of Venice and strangers .
In ancient waterways were essential for the residents but also a challenge between boatmen and gondoliers reaching the maximum with the most significant event in the city : The Historical Regatta
Through the attachment of Venice to the Kingdom of Italy , the races became the celebration of the glorious past of the Venetian Republic .
In 1899, with a proposal from the mayor of Venice , Count Filippo Grimani the regatta added the ‘history’ – Storica. . Up until now l the rowing season involves all the islands and each island has its own race ( regatta) and its champion .
Each event has its own Venetian water parade since the year one thousand .
The lagoon area features treasures of inestimable historical value , islands that have disappeared once a testimony of history and culture , this side Venice is often unknown to both the resident of the city and tourists .
The Polisportiva Venexiana with a champion rower at the helm , wants to make this territory known by :
• Using the technique of Venetian rowing to pass on the tradition of conservation and the lagoon ecosystem ;
• promote starting from ancient gestures of Venetian rowing ,ecological tourism to help environmental protection and the ‘civitas’ Venetian ;
• to understand the beauty and exclusivity of Venice and its lagoon islands observing this through culture and traditional oar movements that areuniquely Venetian .