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River hiking - Canale Minutara (Northern Italy)

19 Feb 2021 1 minute read 2 comments lemming

The Canale Minutara (Minutara Channell) is a tributary of the Canale Naviglio which I have shown here  https://www.publish0x.com/nature-tells-tales-it-is-not-fiction-its-nature/river-hiking-canale-naviglio-northern-italy-xerzoxg. I walked along its...

Across the river and into the trees: Becca bridge - A photographic project

17 Feb 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Dr_Gonzi

At the exact point where the two great rivers meet - Ticino and Po - the Becca bridge stands, an extraordinary man-made artefact built between 1910 and 1912 on a project by the Swiss engineer Jules Röthlisberger. The bridge connects the city of Pavia...

Urban Hiking - Castelvetro di Modena by night

17 Feb 2021 1 minute read 7 comments lemming

Castelvetro di Modena is a small town perched on top of a hill in the Province of Modena. Probably it took origin from an old Roman camp. To walk along the streets of the old town centre is very suggestive, especially at night when there are not so m...

River hiking - Canale Naviglio (Northern Italy)

15 Feb 2021 1 minute read 0 comments lemming

Some days ago I passed in Bastiglia, a small town some km north of the city of Modena and I took the opportunity to have a quick walk along the Canale Naviglio (Naviglio channel). The Naviglio is a large channel that brings water from the city of Mo...

River hiking - River Panaro (Northern Italy) - part five (A plain view)

12 Feb 2021 1 minute read 2 comments lemming

The appearance of a river changes by passing from the mountain to the plain in a manner that it can be very difficult to recognize what we had used to see.   Approximately at the height of the city of Modena, the Panaro river stops having a very wid...

Torrente Guerro (Northern Italy) - A night vision

5 Feb 2021 1 minute read 4 comments lemming

Torrente Guerro is one of the longest tributaries of River Panaro: https://www.publish0x.com/nature-tells-tales-it-is-not-fiction-its-nature/river-hiking-river-panaro-northern-italy-xroelyr https://www.publish0x.com/nature-tells-tales-it-is-not-ficti...

Urban Hiking - Episode four - The old town walls park

28 Jan 2021 1 minute read 7 comments lemming

I have already shown the castle here https://www.publish0x.com/nature-tells-tales-it-is-not-fiction-its-nature/urban-hiking-from-the-river-to-the-castle-xllpgwn and the inner old town here https://www.publish0x.com/nature-tells-tales-it-is-not-fictio...

Urban Hiking-Episode three (Walking and climbing in the park)

20 Jan 2021 1 minute read 0 comments lemming

Urban hiking is not only to walk along streets and avenues or under arcades, but it is also to go to shopping centers and public buildings and to also go walking in the parks. Generally in the park, we can walk if they are plain, but if they are uphi...

River hiking - River Panaro (Northern Italy) - part four (the riverbed near the town of Marano)

8 Jan 2021 1 minute read 4 comments lemming

I accompanied a person to a medical examination in the town of Marano and I had to wait for over an hour, so I took that time as an opportunity to make river hiking even though I wasn't well equipped (no boots), the weather was a bit cold, it was lat...

How it's going the covid19 campaign vaccination in Italy?

8 Jan 2021 1 minute read 0 comments bitbollo

Italy has been one of the first countries of the world to seen the biggest damage made by Covid19. Actually Italy is among the leading countries for population / vaccinated ratio and absolute number of injectable doses in the European Union. Accordin...