Qué (quién) es carriage - definición
![[[Łańcut Castle]], the exhibit of carriages](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1 Lancut 084.jpg?width=200 "[[Łańcut Castle]], the exhibit of carriages")
![Crossing the [[Mississippi]] on the ice, 19th century](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Crossing the Mississippi on the Ice by C.C.A. Christensen.png?width=200 "Crossing the [[Mississippi]] on the ice, 19th century")
![Queen Elizabeth]] in a landau with footmen and a postillion, riding on the near wheel horse, controlling both teams of horses. Canada, 1939](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elizabethboweslyonandkinggeorgeincanada.jpg?width=200 "Queen Elizabeth]] in a landau with footmen and a postillion, riding on the near wheel horse, controlling both teams of horses. Canada, 1939")
!["The Grand Gala Berlin", a coach constructed in Rome for pontiff [[Leo XII]] in the years 1824–1826. [[Gregory XVI]] requested some important modifications.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Grand Gala Berlin.jpg?width=200 "\"The Grand Gala Berlin\", a coach constructed in Rome for pontiff [[Leo XII]] in the years 1824–1826. [[Gregory XVI]] requested some important modifications.")
![A Gala Coupé, 18th century; [[Royal Museums of Art and History]], Brussels](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Koets Brussel.jpg?width=200 "A Gala Coupé, 18th century; [[Royal Museums of Art and History]], Brussels")
![Tourists horse-drawn taxis in [[Naghsh-i Jahan Square]], Esfahan.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Naghs Jahan Horses.JPG?width=200 "Tourists horse-drawn taxis in [[Naghsh-i Jahan Square]], Esfahan.")
![Reconstruction of a Roman traveling carriage richly decorated with bronze fittings, [[Romisch-Germanisches Museum]], Cologne](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Reconstruction of a Roman traveling carriage richly decorated with bronze fittings, Romisch-Germanisches Museum, Cologne (8115675659).jpg?width=200 "Reconstruction of a Roman traveling carriage richly decorated with bronze fittings, [[Romisch-Germanisches Museum]], Cologne")
![[[Hansom cab]] and driver adding character to period filming](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/HansomCab.jpg?width=200 "[[Hansom cab]] and driver adding character to period filming")
![[[Bride]] descending from a decorated wedding carriage](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WeddingCarriage.JPG?width=200 "[[Bride]] descending from a decorated wedding carriage")
![Cartela (or "Kartela", a [[Philippine]] horse carriage, in art (8 Waves Waterpark & Hotel [http://www.8waveswaterpark.com.ph/][[San Rafael, Bulacan]]).](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cartelajf.JPG?width=200 "Cartela (or \"Kartela\", a [[Philippine]] horse carriage, in art (8 Waves Waterpark & Hotel [http://www.8waveswaterpark.com.ph/][[San Rafael, Bulacan]]).")
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Wikipedia
A carriage is a private four-wheeled vehicle for people and is most commonly horse-drawn. Second-hand private carriages were common public transport, the equivalent of modern cars used as taxis. Carriage suspensions are by leather strapping and, on those made in recent centuries, steel springs. Two-wheeled carriages are informal and usually owner-driven.
Coaches are a special category within carriages. They are carriages with four corner posts and a fixed roof. Two-wheeled war chariots and transport vehicles such as four-wheeled wagons and two-wheeled carts were forerunners of carriages.
In the 21st century, horse-drawn carriages are occasionally used for public parades by royalty and for traditional formal ceremonies. Simplified modern versions are made for tourist transport in warm countries and for those cities where tourists expect open horse-drawn carriages to be provided. Simple metal sporting versions are still made for the sport known as competitive driving.
