Botte San Prospero

A ‘botte’ is a hydraulic term to allow the junction of two watercourses.

In this particular case, the Botte San Prospero (1923) was built as part of the Parmigiana-Moglia land reclamation programme (1920-1926) to carry canal water from the lower Reggio and Modena basin under the Parmigiana-Moglia canal to the San Siro pumping-station, 11 km farther north. The Botte San Prospero belongs to the Consorzio di Bonifica dell’Emilia Centrale.