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  Ville Venete della Riviera del Brenta, navigazione sul Burchiello
gni anno, da marzo a ottobre, si effettuano delle piacevolissime escursioni e minicrociere in battello, in navigazione tra le Ville Venete della Riviera del Brenta.
Battelli del Brenta sono un gruppo di battelli e motonavi panoramiche, che navigano sulla Riviera del Brenta, da Padova in direzione di Venezia e viceversa, tra arte e storia, lungo le vie degli antichi burchielli veneziani del ‘700.
a navigazione viene effettuata dal gruppo "I Battelli del Brenta" con Motonavi da 100 a 200 posti o con battelli da 25 a 100 passeggeri.
www.battellidelbrenta.it   (349 words)

  
  ITALIA - Discover... Riviera del Brenta
This was the ideal extension of Venice onto the mainland, almost a continuation of the lagoon city: between the 16th and 18th centuries the Brenta Riviera experienced a golden age which turned it into a privileged holiday resort for rich Venetian nobles.
The architecture of the villas is remarkable for the variety of styles which go from the 16th-century austerity to the unleashed fantasies of the 17th century, then on to the rational style of the 18th century.
Lying behind the Venetian lagoon and the "white fish" breading areas of the river deltas, Brenta gastronomy is the heir of a refined tradition which has succeeded in conjugating antique local recipes with a centuries-old experience of the nobles cuisine.
www.italiantourism.com /discov.html   (466 words)

  
 Riviera del Brenta - Home Page - Riviera del Brenta
La diffusione delle ville aristocratiche lungo il corso del Brenta da Malcontenta a Stra, è stato un fenomeno che...
La stagione teatrale 2007-2008 del Teatro Villa dei Leoni si presenta al pubblico con grandi nomi, prime nazionali, qualità delle produzioni...
Costruita agli inizi del Settecento per volontà dei Serimann (o Scerimann), nobili veneziani ma di origine persiana, la villa ottenne l'attuale forma solo nella metà...
www.riviera-brenta.it   (99 words)

  
 Parco Naturale Adamello Brenta - Protected Area
Gruppo del Brenta is characterized by dolomite rocks of sedimentary origin which have been shaped for thousands years by climatic agents, creating the typical characteristic architectures rich in pinnacles and towers.
The presence of two sections with different geological features (calcareous and sedimentary rocks in Gruppo di Brenta and intrusive-crystal-like rocks in Adamello-Presanella) has favored the natural development of endemic species and specific flowers: this is particularly evident in the vegetational stirps above the tree edge.
Of particular interest is the presence of ungulates, rodents like the squirrel and the marmot, several land predators like the fox and all the mustelids, without forgetting the rich avifauna with 82 bird species nesting in the Park.
www.parks.it /parco.adamello.brenta/Epar.html   (771 words)

  
 Along The Brenta
The Brenta firmly secured, the advantages of its banks as a dwelling-place for wealthy Venetians were seen; and patrician after patrician chose his locality and his stately pleasure dome decreed.
This is the Brenta villa in which Byron for so many years lived, and in connection with his life here there are tales of his love for an imperious peasant beauty, a Brenta girl, who was long an important factor in his life.
Continuing up the Brenta, the city of Padua is reached, where the Venetian lion still stands in front of the palace wherein dwelt the Venetian governor, and where the famed university still occupies the building whose erection Venice decreed.
www.oldandsold.com /articles04/uv16.shtml   (4133 words)

  
 Brenta Valley, Brenta Dolomites, Trentino.
To the south-west are the Crozzon di Val d’Agola, Crozzon di Brenta, Cima Tosa and Cima Margherita, while to the east are the Brenta Alta and the Sfulmini chain and to the north are the Cima Mandron and the Punte di Campiglio.
From Sant’Antonio di Mavignola follow the road for the Brenta Valley as far as the Vivaio Forestale nursery at 1,172 metres.
Turning south it then climbs the Scala di Brenta, winding its way along a rocky stretch before coming to the upper level of the valley near the former Malga Brenta Alta at 1,687 metres.
www.dolomitiparkhotel.com /rifu-in/Nuova_pagina_25.htm   (223 words)

  
 Bed and Breakfast: lodgings, residence of brenta river - venice (italy)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
brenta river is attainable from Bed and Breakfast Franca in about 20 minutes across car or bus.
The spread of the aristocratic villas along the course of the Brenta river from Dissatisfied to Stra, has been a phenomenon that between 1500 and 1700 has testified the brenta riverna power and the propensione of its managing rank to the fastosa teatralità.
Already from the end of 1400, to have a villa along the river and to enjoy the beautiful season with foreign friends and relatives or Vip to you status was one symbol strongly.
www.alloggi-franca.com /riviera/brenta-river.htm   (268 words)

  
 Not only venice. Riviera del Brenta, Brenta Riviera, Brenta Villas   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Brenta Riviera changed so much that it was considered as the ideal extension of the "Canal Grande" in Venice.
It unwinds along the Brenta Riviera, among the villas and the old country residences of the Venetian nobility, factories in Marghera, the centre of Mestre, to arrive at the unique St. Mark's Square in Venice.
The wetland receives water from the Canale Brenta Novissimo through a small canal which feeds a wide area of lakes, inland canals and cane meadows, and then flows into the main lakes, mixing its waters with brackish water as it finally flows into the Lagoon.
www.camarcello.com /eng/venezia/riviera.html   (1468 words)

  
 Dolomiteses of Brenta
The GROUP of Brenta is found in the western Trentino.
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The rock of the thick one of the Top of Ambiez is constituted by the principal Dolomia, regularly stratified, articulated and rich of grips, that it forms the backbone of the group of Brenta.
www.baseitalia.com /Dolomiti_di_Brenta-inglese.htm   (661 words)

  
 The Brenta Dolomites -- Trentino - Molveno - Dolomiti di Brenta - Molveno Iniziative Turistiche
The Brenta Dolomites -- Trentino - Molveno - Dolomiti di Brenta - Molveno Iniziative Turistiche
The whole of the territory of the Brenta After Lake Molveno, the largest lake in the Brenta Dolomites is Lake Tóvel, once famous for the reddish colour of its waters (a phenomenon that no longer occurs).
western sector of the Brenta, Lake Durigal near the Peller Refuge, Lake Salare near the former Malga Cavalli near the Nana Pass, and Lake Asbelz in the southern sector.Group is part of the Brenta Adamello Nature Park.
www.dolomitimolveno.com /en/natura/dolomiti_di_brenta   (510 words)

  
 Venice mainland hotel Venice Association Ca.Te.V Venice hotels Venice mainland Mestre hotel Veneto territory Italy - ...
The Brenta Riviera is made up of districts and green spots along the ancient course of a river linking Padua to Venice.
The noble Families were attracted by the beauty of the Brenta countryside, its fertile soil and the easy access along the waters of the Brenta river.
The architecture of the villas is remarkable for the variety of styles which go from the 16th-century austerity to the unleashed fantasies of the 17th century, as far as the rational style of the 18th century.
www.venicemainland.com /padova.htm   (922 words)

  
 Mabe's Guide to Venice, IT
A strip of land along the river Brenta, which flows from Padua to Venice: gardens and gorgeous artistic villlas are the landscape of The Brenta Riviera is made up of districts and green spots along the ancient course of a river linking Padua to Venice.
So the Riviera del Brenta can be described as "Grand Canal" sinked in the green of the villas parks and the countryside.
The Brenta Riviera was the ideal extension of Venice onto the mainland, almost a continuation of the lagoon city: between the 16th and 18th century it experienced a golden age which turned it into a privileged holiday resort for rich Veentian nobles.
mabelyn.com /Venice/brenta.htm   (541 words)

  
 Parco Naturale Adamello Brenta - Guides and Publications
Parco Naturale Adamello Brenta has always had among its priorities the conservation of the Brown Bear, a species which has become an important symbol.
The flora of Parco Naturale Adamello Brenta is one of the richest of the whole Trentino area.
With the itineraries of Brenta and Adamello mountain chains.
www.parks.it /parco.adamello.brenta/Egui.html   (702 words)

  
 Villa on the Brenta - Picture - MSN Encarta
Villa on the Brenta - Picture - MSN Encarta
Pisani Villa, an early-18th-century residence, sits grandly on the banks of the Brenta in Italy's Veneto region.
The villa became a haunt for talented artists from Venice.
encarta.msn.com /media_631532049/Villa_on_the_Brenta.html   (56 words)

  
 Tourist information on Venice Italy
Nowadays, the still waters of the Riviera Brenta are controlled by a series of locks and gates and what was once the route of a mighty river is now a canal created back in the fifteenth century.
Originally, the waterway was the course of the mighty river Brenta as it flowed into the Venetian lagoon and into the Adriatic Sea.
The Riviera Brenta was created when the Venetians started to drain the mainland swamps to salvage the land for agriculture.
www.tours-italy.com /venice/riviera-brenta.htm   (463 words)

  
 Day trips in Italy from Bob & Jenny's B&B in Vicenza - Brenta river
The Brenta river flows down from Bassano past Padova and then out to Chioggia (another beach town) just south of Venice Italy.
If you are planning a trip to Italy you might want to consider a day trip and picnic to the Brenta river just to mingle with the locals and get a feel for what life is like here in northern Italy.
One good spot if you are planning a trip out to the Brenta is Piazzola sul Brenta, famous for its antique market which is held every last sunday of the month.
www.bed-breakfast-italy.com /excursions/brenta.htm   (228 words)

  
 Brenta River guide - Brenta River travel guide - Brenta River - guide to Brenta River - Italy travel Brenta River - ...
In the period running between the 16th and the 18th centuries, some of the most important families from Venice had their summer residences built on the Riviera that runs alongside the Brenta river, a waterway that connects Venice to Padua.
The most famous architects and painters of the period, such as Palladio and Tiepolo, were hired to create what was to become the symbol of the aristocratic families grandeur and wealth: the Venetian Villas.
The Barchessa was originally part of Villa Valmarana, a building from the 16th century whose main structure was demolished at the beginning of the 20th century.
www.travelplan.it /riviera_brenta_guide.htm   (1011 words)

  
 Bocchette paths in Brenta Dolomites
Shortly after that, you need to descend a deep gorge (2,3), from which you reascend by way of a 51-rung iron ladder (4), thus reaching the ledges which cuts through the West and South side of the Punte di Campiglio.
The gigantic rock pillar of the Crozzon (1,6) which is detached from the Cima Tosa to the north by a deep, ice-bound ravine (the Vedretta del Crozzon) and dominates the whole of the Val Brenta, is one of the most characteristic mountain structure of the Group.
At certain positions near Bocca di Brenta you make a descent with a short ladder (29, the last ladder along the path!) and down to the snow of Vedretta Bocca di Brenta (seen in Pic.
greenfield.fortunecity.com /swallowtail/485/br3.html   (645 words)

  
 Gianpaolo's Photo Gallery - Brenta Dolomites (Dolomiti di Brenta)
It is bounded by Valle di Sole and Val di Non in the north, whereas in the west Val Meledrio, Val Campiglio and Val Rendena separate the Brenta Group from the close Adamello-Presanella mountain massifs.
The Bocca di Brenta divides the chain into two parts: the Sfulmini chain, the Grosté massif and the long Northern chain, with the eastern branch of the Altissimo and the Campa, in the north and the majestic massif of the Cima Tosa and the Ambiez chain in the south.
The equipped routes at high altitudes (“vie delle Bocchette”), which winds along the several natural terraces along the slopes of the Brenta and cross the passes which opens among the peaks are worth a particular mention.
www.bottin.com /cpg/thumbnails.php?album=1&lang=italian   (301 words)

  
 Parco Naturale Adamello Brenta   (Site not responding. Last check: )
ADAMELLO-BRENTA NATIONAL PARK is the largest park in the Trentino region, in the heart of the Retiche Alps, among the Giudicarie, Non and Sole valleys.
Its perimeter encloses quite distinct geomorpholocical areas: in the west there are the volcanic, glacial rocks of the Adamello-Pressanella massif, in the east the dolomitic, sedimentary ones of the Brenta mountain range.
The Dolomitic side of Brenta, owing to the millenary influence of the atmospheric conditions, has now an architectural conformation that is full of spires and towers.
www.dolomiti.it /eng/zone/comano/parco.htm   (279 words)

  
 Venetian Villas along the Brenta Canal, Burchielli Brenta Canal cruises
The passenger boat operator "I Battelli del Brenta®" (The boats of the Brenta Canal) provide enjoyable guided public cruises, from Venice to Padua or viceversa, along the Brenta Canal (Riviera del Brenta), visiting some of the Venetian Villas, summer residences of the 16th century, with stops at the monumental palaces with its legendary frescoes.
The company "I Battelli del Brenta" has many boat carrying from 70 to 135 passengers and romantic "Burci", restored wooden old barges.
We are also a receptive operator; rates for transfers by boat or coach, excursions and visits to the sights and the parks, hotel accommodation and more on request.
www.battellidelbrenta.it /home.php?setlan=en   (279 words)

  
 Brenta Dolomites - Via delle Bocchette
Continue past this deep into the majestic world of the Brenta Dolomites to almost touch the mythical Campanile Basso, first climbed by the Austrians Ampferer and Berger in 1899.
Once on the glacier beneath the Bocca di Brenta return easily along Sentiero dei Brentei (no. 318) to Rifugio dei Brentei (2182m, 1 hour) and then on to Rifugio Vallesinella and the car park in a further 1.30 hours.
This acts as a formidable base for other ferrate in the Brenta region, or as a well-deserved rest for those who chose to take the long path up from Molveno.
www.aaanetserv.com /turismo/trentino/bocchette.html   (515 words)

  
 Slow Travel - Ginda's Umbria and Beyond, Cruising the Brenta Canal from Venice to Padua
Cruising the Brenta Canal from Venice to Padua
To prevent the Venetian lagoon from silting up, the Brenta River was diverted over the centuries to keep it from flowing into the lagoon.
Soon after the Brenta Canal was completed, the noble families of Venice realized the potential of these rich rural lands and began to exploit the agricultural possibilities.
www.slowtrav.com /ginda/brenta_canal.htm   (1122 words)

  
 SummitPost - Little Brenta - a Look-Alike -- Trip Reports
I want to avoid misunderstandings right from the start: the Brenta in question here is the mountain range of the Brenta Dolomites, not the SP-member of the same name.
It was here that the similarities to our Brenta experiences started to strike me. There we also had had fog on and near the summits and perfect weather underneath.
A small slip of the pen: The Brenta Group lies to the southwest of the Dolomites.
www.summitpost.org /trip-report/239226/little-brenta-a-look-alike.html   (2491 words)

  
 Brenta, Italy. Travel guide & tourist information by Hostelbookers.com
The southernmost of the three main rivers that empty into the Venetian lagoon, the Brenta caused no end of trouble to the earliest settlers on both the mainland and the islands, with its frequent flooding and its deposits of silt.
Around one hundred villas are left standing on the river between Padua and Venice: some are derelict, a large number are still inhabited and a handful are open to the public.
Don't be tempted by the widely advertised boat trips along the Brenta – they cost upwards of €62 and stop longer for lunch than at any of the villas.
www.hostelbookers.com /guides/italy/brenta   (206 words)

  
 Trekking in the Dolomites of Brenta and Garda Lake
Trekking in the Dolomites of Brenta and Garda Lake
This mountain group is not so big and, although 3 days is too short to see it all, one will have a great sense of its beauty: huge rocky peaks, small glaciers and amusing digger paths: "The Bocchette", impressive passages excavated into the rock of these beautiful faces.
The Brenta Group is located not far from Garda Lake, where we shall go for the next 4 days!
www.jpmountainguide.com /gardalake.html   (519 words)

  
 Riviera of the Brenta
The appearance of aristocratic villas along the course of the Brenta River from Malcontenta to Stra, has been a phenomenon that between 1500 and 1700 has testified Venice’s power and the inclination of its aristocracy to a pompous style of life.
Already at the end of the 1400, to have a villa along the river, to enjoy there the beautiful season with friends and relatives or important foreign personalities, was a much sought after status.
The visual impact of the villas with its sculptured gardens had to be strong; it had to hit the travelers with an overdose of artistic and natural beauties harmoniously blended in the architectonic complex.
www.algiardinovenezia.it /eng_venezia_riviera_brenta.htm   (226 words)

  
 BRENTA, Gaston
Gaston BRENTA (Brussels 1902-1969) was a pupil of Paul Gilson before joining the movement “les Synthétistes”.
In 1931 he was appointed to the Belgian Radio Broadcasting Institute (today RTBF), where, from 1953 on, he created and managed the record collection and led the French musical programmes.
Gaston Brenta also published a “Panorama de la Musique belge au XIXe siècle”, “Notes brèves sur les symphonies de Beethoven”, a detailed biography of Paul Gilson and a study on “Adolphe Sax et la facture instrumentale”.
www.cebedem.be /composers/brenta_gaston/en.html   (186 words)

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