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Water as hazard and water as heritage“ was an inter-national workshop which took place in the framework of the “Spazi Aperti“ (Open spaces) event at the Accademia di Romania in Rome, an event engaging international fellows in the capital of Italy. The workshop was a winner in the first selection of the European Geo-sciences Union co-sponsored meetings competition and as such participation was also multidisciplinary, from geosciences to archaeology, art history, urban planning and (landscape) architecture. The volume presents an overview of the dual element of water, as an aesthetic element of place, but also as a potential danger through the hazards it brings, as presented in the different contributions of the participants. In the chapter, the author presents symbols and challenges in the works of Carlo Scarpa.