The Vallevecchia

Collection title

Geo & Geo

ID

RAI00073

Source

RAI (IT)

First broadcast date

09/05/2001

Production year

2001

Abstract

Comments and interviews with experts on the history and the landscape of Caorle and Valle Vecchia, one of the oldest urban habitats of the Venetian lagoon. Evocation of subjects related to the lagoon: phases of the drying and the transformation of the original environment, the problem of malaria, the most widespread crops, the project aiming at the natural state of the former marshy landscape, the fishing techniques based on the use of cabins, the protection of birds, the particular landscape of the beach of Brusta, the phyto-biodepuration project and the development of the wetlands. Reading of a Mario Rosetti poetry dedicated to the Valle Vecchia.

Type

video

Production companies

• RAI - Own production

Broadcaster

RAI - RAI Tre

Audiovisual form

Documentary

Primary theme

Art, Culture and Knowledge

Secondary themes

• Art, Culture and Knowledge / Science
• Landscapes and environment / Geography and landscapes
• Tourism and cultural sites / Eco-tourism development
• Economy / Trade
• Society and way of life / Education, teaching

Credits / Cast

• Cutolo Rosaio - Author of original work
• Foresta Olivella - Author of original work

Period of events

• From 1925 to 1950

Map locations

• Italy - Eastern North - Veneto

Original language

Italian

Media running time

22m41

Additional information

Pictures from archives and black and white photographs dating back to the early twentieth century representing the drying works and life in the lagoon.