There is a street in Verona that runs along the river and whose level is lower than the river. In fact it is called sottoriva (under the bank). Now it is protected by high embankment to avoid floodings. It's a romantic place with many small restaurants and cafés that have now dressed up for the holidays
@olivetreeann I'm sorry I expressed my self wrongly. In this case sotto does not mean under but attached to or just very close to, at the level of. In fact the street was at the same level of the river and was regularly invaded by the waters, until the embankments were built. Thank you for your comment Ann
@jgpittenger Jane it’s not scary, especially during the day with all the lights and the people going by. Last January Mona and I fearlessspent an evening there with all the shops closed and only the two of us taking pictures with our tripods
It sounds lovely. It sounds like before they built the embankments, those might have been the World's First Swim-up Bars. I would like to see that street someday.
December 15th, 2018
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