Luigi Duò Papa arrived in Adria in 1927, with a lot of experience as a carpenter and caulker in various “squeri” (gondola manufacturing workshops) in the Venice Lagoon. In the city of Pula, he quickly found employment at the Bertasi, workshop, where he played an increasingly important role, first as a partner and then as the sole owner of the company, which was renamed “Cantiere Navale Vittoria di Duò Luigi e Figli” (Vittoria Shipyard of Duò Luigi and Sons).