Polesine

Polesine is a geographic area corresponding perfecly with the entire Rovigo's province, in the north-east of Italy, 40-km south of Padua(comprehensive of a number of around 220,000 inhabitants) and it's the last region you pass through by going southward from Venice, bordering with Emilia Romagna.

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It is placed between Adige and Po, the two biggest rivers in Italy (respectively 459 and 652 km of total length). The eastern portion of Polesine corresponds to the delta of river Po, and it is constantly expanding eastward because of the detritus sediment phenomenon. We can say Polesine has been created by sedimentary phenomenons.

Rovigo: Rovigo is a town (population 52,472 as of 1991) in the Veneto region of Italy. It is the capital of Rovigo province....

Italy: Italy (Italian: Repubblica Italiana or Italia) is a country in southern Europe. It comprises a boot-shaped peninsula and two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia, and shares its northern alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. The independent countries...

Padua: The city of Padua (Lat. Patavium, It. Padova) is the economic and communications hub of the Veneto region in northern Italy. The capital of Padova province, it stands on the Bacchiglione River, 40km west of Venice and 29km southeast of Vicenza, with a population of 211,985 (2004). The city is includ...