Series: Guide Fotografiche aeree (Aerial
Photography Guides)
Title: Navigation in the Po River Delta - From Chioggia to the
Gnocca and Goro mouths
Language: English
ISBN: 88-89922-06-0
Format: 302x216 mm.
Pages: 152
Package: Paperback with cardboard cover
Price: € 35,00
Volume: no 1
Date of publication: November 2009
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Description
The present publication has two objectives. First of all it intends
being an incentive for readers to go and visit and enjoy the striking scenery and
habitats of the Delta. Secondly, it intends being a guidebook for prospective visitors
wishing to tackle the over 150 kilometres of canals and lagoons easily accessible
to the general public, that may be freely self-toured or visited with the assistance
of a guide, offering them useful information and suggestions to make their visit
a truly memorable experience.
Actually, there are well over a thousand kilometres of navigable canals and lagoons
in the Delta, but visiting them all requires special skill, patience and caution.
The project also envisages two other aids for the prospective visitor, namely a
handbook with instructions and recommendations for safely navigating the canals
and lagoons and an e-navigation system by way of a GPS station with related maps.
Further information and images may be had by accessing the project’s website at
www.navigaveneto.it.
The Po River Delta, two thirds of which is managed by the Veneto Regional Authority,
is an extraordinary asset, as yet poorly exploited and of which the general public
in Italy and Europe is largely unaware.
Yet it is a highly evocative, unspoiled habitat of rare beauty well worth visiting
and offering the visitor a wide range of leisure activities and unique culinary
delights of bygone times.
This short guide intends being a further even if small contribution for attracting
visitors to the Delta, helping them to discover and appreciate what it has to offer
even more.
Marialuisa Coppola
Regional Commissioner for Budgeting Policies and Territorial Governance,
Regione del Veneto
Who it is designed for
Anyone interested in the territory or the tourist who is about to visit the area.
The authors
Arturo Colamussi Engineer, Freelance Professor at the Department of Engineering,
University of Bologna, has long cooperated in the research and development of various
solutions for protecting the historic centers of the Venetian Lagoon from high waters.
A long-time flying enthusiast, he holds numerous aeronautical licences. For several
years now he has made a great commitment to the production of a series of aerial
photography guides based on an original concept. The first work was "Il Delta del
Po" on the Po River Delta, followed by "Molise" while, the more recent "Isole della
Laguna di Venezia" on the Islands in the Venetian Lagoon is an homage to a beloved,
long suffering territory. The last one before the present one is “La Romagna”.