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Riva

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Riva or Riva di Trento (rē`vä dē trān`tō), town (1987 est. pop. 13,200), Trentino–Alto Adige, N Italy, beautifully situated at the north end of Lake Garda. It is a summer resort and excursion center. The town passed from Austria to Italy in 1919.
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It overlooked a clean, melancholy, unfrequented canal, which had a narrow riva or convenient footway on either side.
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There, when the full view of the moonlit Lagoon revealed itself, she stopped him as he turned towards the Riva degli Schiavoni.
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I walked to and fro in that city, so beloved of her citizens; I went from the Rialto Bridge, along the Grand Canal, and from the Riva degli Schiavoni to the Lido, returning to St.
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