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On the sign:
RENATO BONA
QUA DENTRO EL GHA LAVORA NA VITA. TRA FORCOLE E REM PER FARNE VINCER REGATE E PREMI.
The plaque commemorates the oar and forcola (special oarlocks for gondolas) maker, Renato Bona, who passed away in 1994.
The house on which the plaque is located, and which was apparently his workplace (Fondamenta Ormesini 2805/a, Cannaregio), was photographed on the same day by the same photographer Click for a larger image.
Translation of the text on the sign: Renato Bona Here inside he worked his whole life – among forcole (the distinctive oarlocks of Venetian gondolas) and oars – crafting them to achieve victories in regattas and prizes.
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