On the corner between via Roma and via Donatori di Sangue we found an interesting gothic building with a faint oriental style, probably built during the 1700s. With his red plaster, which is a quaint contrast with the green windows, offers a plunge…
Municipality of Correzzola – documented as Corrizola and Corigiola – is short for the latin word “corrigia” (strip of leather) that by extension becomes “strip of land that springs up in marshland”. The…
Pontelongo is an italian municipality in the province of Padua and borders with other three township of Saccisica: town of Arzergrande town of Bovolenta town of Brugine town of Candiana town of Codevigo town of Correzzola town of Piove di Sacco It…
The pumping station of Fogolana, as the name says, is located in the Valle Millecampi halfway between the area of the Spiaggia della Boschettona and the Cason delle Sacche.
Maritan house is a noble dwelling dated back to the 17th century. The building belongs t the municipality of Sant’Angelo di Piove di Sacco.
The building named “ex casa del fascio” was designed by the architect Quirino De Giorgio (1907-1998) in 1938 during fascist period. The construction is located in Pontelongo on the way to Villa del Bosco. De Giorgio fused a strong…
The cavane (cavà ne) are shelters for boats tipical of Venice, its lagoon and all the navigable rivers. Maybe the word has the same origin of hut (capanna): in fact in the oldest pictures of the city, the cavane are depicted as shelter covered with…
The reclamation of the venetian inland has always been quite difficult. The dewatering pump of Santa Margherita in Codevigo, known as pumping station of santa Margherita was built at the end of the 19th century and today still works. It is an…
Walking from via Roma, at the crossroad with via Cardano, on the way to the Town Hall (Jappelli palace) you can see a restored building, that’s the municipal theatre: The Philharmonic Theatre of Piove di sacco. It’s a pink charming…