#adige river

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Castelvecchio Bridge, Verona, Italy: The Castel Vecchio Bridge or Scaliger Bridge is a fortified bridge in Verona, northern Italy, over the Adige River. The segmental arch bridge featured the world's largest span at the time of its construction. Wikipedia

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…the Ponte di Pietra is Verona's oldest bridge over the Adige River, the only one remaining from Roman times. After surviving several floods, it was blown up during World War II by retreating German soldiers and later rebuilt using the original stones recovered from the riverbed...

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Luigi Lineri, The Man Who Collects And Categorizes Stones

Meet Luigi Lineri, the Italian collector who has been gathering and categorizing stones from the Adige River in Northern Italy for over 50 years. He painstakingly cleans, groups, and separates them into shapes, which positively festoon his home. Adorning three full large rooms, the thousands of river stones are sorted into shapes that resemble faces, animals, letters, and more. It’s a quirky and…

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Verona, Italy, December 2016