Gondola (disambiguation)

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A gondola is a traditional Venetian rowing boat, best known today for transporting tourists.

Gondola may also refer to:

Venetian gondolas

A gondola lift

An enclosed Ferris wheel gondola

The Falkirk Wheel has two water-filled gondolas

An airship gondola

A railroad gondola

Places

• Gondola, Mozambique, the principal town of Gondola District, Mozambique
• Gondola Point, a community in New Brunswick, Canada
• Gondola Ridge, Antarctica

Transport

Compartments or platforms

• Gondola (airplane), a compartment on the underside of a powered fixed-wing aircraft
• Gondola (airship), an external equipment or passenger compartment attached to a powered blimp or dirigible
• Gondola (balloon), a payload basket or capsule suspended beneath an unpowered hot air or gas balloon
• Gondola (Ferris wheel), a passenger car or cabin or capsule attached to the rim of the wheel
• Gondola lift, or cable car, a type of aerial lift
• Gondola, used to carry passengers in various types of aerial lift
• Gondola, the cargo or passenger platform suspended beneath a transporter bridge
• Gondola, major component of the Falkirk Wheel rotating boat lift in Scotland, UK
• Spy gondola, an observation compartment lowered beneath an airship

Vehicles

• Gondola (rail), a type of railroad car with an open top and enclosed sides, for carrying loose bulk materials
• SY Gondola, a preserved steam yacht operated by the National Trust on Coniston Water, England

Other uses

• Gondola (retail), a free-standing display unit
• Gondola Group, a restaurant chain with 600 locations in the UK and Republic of Ireland
• "Gondola no Uta" ("The Gondola Song")
• House of Gondola, a noble family from Dubrovnik, Croatia
• 1891 Gondola, an asteroid

See also

• All pages beginning with "Gondola"
• All pages with titles containing Gondola
• Gondolier (disambiguation)
• Gundalow, a type of flat bottom cargo boat once common on the rivers of New England, US
• List of gondola lifts