Mario Belforti 
Discovering the great river
The archive’s collection also includes the material from the research “Discovering the great river”, led in 2007. Researchers and students from the University travelled by bike from the source to the mouth of the great river Po, collecting memories and experiences of people living alongside it. Through these memories the archive offers a clear summary of the culture, economy, and extraordinary gastronomic and environmental heritage that distinguish the Po and its valley. This was a research project promoted by the University of Gastronomic Sciences.
Giuseppe Orlandelli
A life sailing the po river
Interviewed in 2007, Giuseppe Orlandelli, born in 1928, describes his relationship with the river while sailing it. He was born in Cremona; 17 years old he moved to Malagnino where he fell in love for the river and fishing. He explains how he learned to fish and the places where he is used to carry on this activity.
Video table of contents
- Fishermen on the Po river
- Fishing extincted fishes
- Fishes and pollution
- Sturgeon
- Cagnola and shrimps
- Water of Po river
- Caorso power plant
- Drought and the Spanish bridge
- Giuseppe and the Po river
- The oxbow lake
- Drowning
- Eels
- Leave the Po river
- Fishing with the balance
- Festivals and processions on the Po river
- Food and wine along the river
Interview information
Country: IT
Region: Lombardia
City: Malagnino
District: CR
Altitude: 43m s.l.m.
Wikipedia: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rete_a_bilancia
Giuseppe Orlandelli
Date of birth: 11-12-1928
Document by: Luca Ghiardo
Video by: Piercarlo Grimaldi
Created: 12-06-2007
