Este is naturally at alluvial risk, in particular due to the exhilarability of Frassine river. In recent years, the interventions of the Adige Euganeo drainage consortium have systematically reduced the discomfort, leaving almost all the parts of the city in the dry, while areas remain frequently flooded in the rural part in the South of the municipality.
The quiet water sheet of the flood seems like a "high water" that increases the sense of "venezianità" of the faces facing the square