Winter Sky Over the River and the Bastion by sandra46

Photography • Architecture • posted on Dec 13, 2009

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Description

Here you can see another bastion of the Venetian walls built in the early 16th century, after the siege of padova. They support part of the Arena gardens, and are bathed by the Bacchiglione river. I have many shots of this place, about 100 metres from my home, because although the water is foul, the view is beautiful. What's really amazing id that a lot of animals live here, surviving its severe pollution. The Bacchiglione (Latin Medoacus minor) is a river that flows through northern Italy. It rises in the Alps and empties into the Gulf of Venice, on the Adriatic Sea, near Chioggia. It flows past a number of towns, including Vicenza and Padova (Padua, and acted for many centuries as a significant waterway up to Vicenza, after which it ceases to be navigable. Recently, the Bacchiglione has gained a reputation for containing water dangerous to drink. Liberal use of animal fertilizer on thousands of acres of its watershed has caused relatively high levels of contamination. The Bacchiglione also washes through the urban and industrial areas of Vicenza and bringing additional pollution hazards. Thank you for your kind comments.

Comments (50)

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flora-crassella

11:20AM | Sun, 13 December 2009

fantastic picture!!!!

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Hubba1

11:22AM | Sun, 13 December 2009

Beautiful image!!!! Another fav!!

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Faemike55

11:22AM | Sun, 13 December 2009

Very beautiful shot! I hope there are efforts to clean up the river.

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magnus073

11:27AM | Sun, 13 December 2009

Sandra this is a lovely area and your photo captures is perfectly. I am so saddened to read about how polluted the water there is and what a risk it is for the animals. They recently starting this same practice in my rural area on the farm lands and I think it is horrible.

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claude19

11:42AM | Sun, 13 December 2009

A very Impressionnist and wonderful picture ! EXCELLENT title ! SPLENDID creation !!!

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BessieB

11:56AM | Sun, 13 December 2009

A beautiful place, love the reflectiion. How sad about the pollution

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pspworkshop

12:08PM | Sun, 13 December 2009

Excellent work.

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carlx

12:27PM | Sun, 13 December 2009

Fabulous and beautiful photography!!!

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Miska7

1:15PM | Sun, 13 December 2009

Very nice place. Great reflections and atmosphere! Excellent capture.

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jmb007

1:26PM | Sun, 13 December 2009

belle atmosphere hivernale!! great shot

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flaviok

1:33PM | Sun, 13 December 2009

É magnifico o trabalho que sempre nos trazes minha amiga, um texto informativo e uma imagem magnifica, obrigado, excelente, aplausos (5)

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Seaview123

2:28PM | Sun, 13 December 2009

Very nice photo. Good shot.

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mgtcs

3:11PM | Sun, 13 December 2009

Absolutely gorgeous photo, amazing shot!

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drifterlee

3:52PM | Sun, 13 December 2009

Beautiful place!!!!!

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Nickieboy2004

4:32PM | Sun, 13 December 2009

Very nice!

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mariogiannecchini

4:35PM | Sun, 13 December 2009

Bel posto, bel romuneiflesso ! Un peccato , ormai molto comune , il problema dell'inquinamento !

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clbsmiley

4:37PM | Sun, 13 December 2009

Great shot! and thanks for the info! Too bad the water is contaminated. Hope you have a Merry Christmas! My son and family will visit... Will seem strange again not to go get Mom.

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DarkStormCrow

4:45PM | Sun, 13 December 2009

Pretty shot, well done...

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jeroni

4:48PM | Sun, 13 December 2009

Wonderful and very creative work

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bazza

5:32PM | Sun, 13 December 2009

Lovely capture of this beautiful spot, but all that pollution so sad where are the environmentalists when you need them??

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mickeyrony

5:38PM | Sun, 13 December 2009

People are without scruples for this kind of conneries my Beautiful We are destroying the ground and its richnesses. You know I believe well that there is much more blinds peoples and which does not hold any temperament to give up their flatnesses to pollute ((5++)) Les gens sont sans scrupules pour ce genre de conneries ma Belle Nous sommes en train de détruire la terre et ses richesses. Tu sais je crois bien qu'il y a beaucoup plus de monde aveugle et qui ne tiennent aucun tempérament pour renoncer à leur platitudes de poluer ((5++))

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jocko500

5:52PM | Sun, 13 December 2009

wonderful shot

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Radar_rad-dude

6:19PM | Sun, 13 December 2009

Beautiful photo and scenary! It is a sad statement that for a few years of extra agricultural production, we are willing to sacrifice the health of future generations. A terrible waste of irreplaceable resources!

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