Boschi Sant'Anna
Boschi Sant'Anna è un piccolo comune della bassa veronese, nel triangolo di pianura tra Legnago, il Polesine e il confine con il m...
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In the reclaimed plain
Boschi Sant'Anna lies in the lower Verona plain, not far from Legnago, in a border area between the provinces of Verona, Rovigo and Mantua. The territory is completely flat, crossed by a dense network of drainage and irrigation canals that bear witness to the great reclamation work carried out between the late 19th and 20th centuries to make arable land that was once marshy and prone to waterlogging. The village's name, which recalls woods, should today be read more as a historical trace than as a description of the current landscape: forest vegetation has almost entirely disappeared, replaced by regular, orderly cultivated fields.
The history of land reclamation
The territory of Boschi Sant'Anna, like much of the Verona lowlands and the nearby Polesine, owes its current appearance to the great hydraulic reclamation works that between the 19th and 20th centuries drained vast marshy areas, making them arable through a system of canals, embankments and pumping stations managed by reclamation consortia. This past is still legible in the landscape: the regular fields, straight canals and scattered farmhouses tell of a deep transformation of the territory, the result of decades of collective work. It is a lesser-known chapter compared to other parts of Veneto, but fundamental to understanding how today's productive lowland countryside came to be.
A still agricultural economy
The economy of Boschi Sant'Anna today remains firmly anchored in agriculture, with cereal, maize and sugar beet crops occupying most of the municipal territory. The farms, often family-run, exploit the fertility of the reclaimed land, particularly well suited to the intensive crops of the Po-Veneto plain. There are no significant industrial settlements or a developed commercial fabric: the small built-up centre revolves around essential services, in the dimension of a farming village that has kept a sober character, little touched by the major changes that have affected other parts of the province.
The canal landscape
For those who love essential countryside, the territory of Boschi Sant'Anna offers a very particular landscape, made of straight canals, low embankments and small concrete or wooden bridges connecting the various agricultural plots. It is not a spectacular landscape in the classic sense, but it has its own coherence and a sober beauty typical of the Veneto reclamation areas, where human hands completely redesigned the territory's hydrography. Cycling along the farm roads that run beside the canals is probably the best way to appreciate this lesser-known but significant aspect of the Verona plain.
A small village without pretence
It should be reiterated clearly: Boschi Sant'Anna is not designed for tourism and has no structured accommodation or cultural offer. It is a small agricultural municipality, with just a few hundred inhabitants, that lives on farm work and an identity tied to the history of Veneto land reclamation. Those seeking monuments or attractions should head towards Legnago or the larger centres in the area; those instead wanting to understand, with a brief visit, how the productive countryside of the Verona lowlands was built will find in Boschi Sant'Anna an honest and instructive stop.
Experiences not to miss
- Cycle along the farm roads beside the reclamation canals
- Observe the pumping stations and the water drainage system
- Cross the fields of cereals and sugar beet in the Verona lowlands
- Discover the historic farmhouses scattered across the municipal territory
- Experience a quiet countryside stop far from tourist routes
