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It'll take your breath away! The world's deepest pool, which is
the height of nine double decker buses placed on top of each
other
'Y-40 Deep Joy' is located at the Hotel Terme Millepini in Italy
The pool is 21m by 18m at the surface, but narrows -40m
The 4,300 cubic metres of thermal water averages 32-34°C
The Y-40 overtook Brussels' Nemo33 as the world's deepest
pool
It is used for free diving and scuba diving training and
recreation
By ANDREA MAGRATH FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 13:37 GMT, 21 September 2014 | UPDATED: 10:38
GMT, 22 September 2014
If you can hold your breath all the way to the bottom here, you are
in a very small minority - this is Y-40 The Deep Joy and with a
staggering depth of -40 metres it is the world's deepest pool.
The incredible swim centre, designed by renowned architect
Emanuele Boaretto, is located within the four-star Hotel Terme
Millepini in Montegrotto Terme, Italy.
Operating since June, the pool has a diving height of a 12-storey
building, or nine double decker buses placed on top of each other.
Wet suits aren't required here as swimmers can enjoy a regular
temperature of between 32-34°C.
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Record breaker: Y-40 The Deep Joy is the world's deepest pool
with a staggering depth of -40 metres
Hold your breath! See the Y-40 the worlds deepest pool
There are several platforms, ranging from -1.3m, to -12m. The pool
at the surface is 21m by 18m but it becomes a narrow well-like
hole as the depths plummet straight down.
Visitors are able to use the facilities for free diving and scuba
diving, with underwater caves for cave diving beginners.
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There is also a unique suspended underwater tunnel which is
entirely transparent, so non-swimmers can experience the pool
without getting wet.
There is a sunbathing deck with loungers on the roof, where
swimmers can recover from their deep-diving experience.
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Dry dock: The underwater tunnel runs right through the middle of
the pool
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Plunging: One of the first divers to use the pool is filmed from the
depths of the Y-40
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Overtaken: The Y-40 surpassed the Nemo33 in Brussels, Belgium,
which had a maximum depth of 34.5 metres
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Afraid of depths? The pool features several depth platforms before
narrowing into a deep descent
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Activities: As well as free diving, the pool offers opportunities for
scuba divers to practice cave diving
Notable figures from Italian water sports helped to launch the
facility this year, including Italian free diver Umberto Pelizzari, and
Enzo Maiorca, the ‘father’ of freediving in Italy.
Freediver Ilaria Molinari even donned a mermaid tail to dive down
to 40 metres to wow spectators.
'Y-40 is unique in its field thanks to the spa water, which cannot be
outsourced,' says architect Emanuele Boaretto.
'We want to open up new medium and long term work prospects to
try and guarantee prosperity, not only for my company but also for
the surrounding land and society.'
IT'S THE DEEPEST POOL IN THE WORLD, BUT JUST HOW
TALL IS 40 METRES?
Christ the Redeemer statue towering above Rio de Janeiro in
Brazil measures 38 metres.
The Statue of Liberty in New York, minus the pedestal, is around
45 metres tall.
Nine double decker buses stacked on top of each other would be
around 40 metres in height.
A 12-storey building would measure on average 40 metres in
height.
It would be less than half the length of a football pitch, as this has
to be 105 metres.
Around 23 men of average height could stand one on top of the
other and reach 40 metres.
It is almost double the height of the Clifton Suspension Bridge,
Bristol, as this is 26 metres.
At least seven of these pools could fit underneath the Eiffel Tower,
standing at 301 metres.
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Other-worldly: Free diver Ilaria Molinari dresses as a mermaid to
swim through the artificial cave-diving area
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Launch: Molinari dove the depths of the pool at its opening with the
help of a mermaid's tail
The pool is situated in a regional natural park of the Euganean
Hills in Italy.
Mr Boaretto is planning to cover the pool with lawn to b;lend the
structure into its environment.
Y-40 is open all year round and offers the equivalent of diving the
height of a 12-storey building.
Activities at the pool include scuba diving, free diving, aqua fitness,
watsu, hydro-kinesi therapy and special activities for pregnant
women.
The four-star hotel within the region of Villa Duodo boasts 100 airconditioned rooms.
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Spectator sport: A 13-metre transparent tunnel allows nonswimmers to experience the pool
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Temperate: 4,300 cubic metres of thermal water are kept at a
temperature of 32-34 degrees celcius
Nemo 33 in Brussels, Belgium, was the deepest indoor swimming
pool in the world before Y-40 was completed.
Its maximum depth is 34.5 metres (113 ft) and it contains
2,500,000 litres of non-chlorinated, highly filtered spring water
maintained at 30C.
The pool also holds several simulated underwater caves at the 10
metres depth level.
Due to the warm temperature in the pool, divers can dive for
extended periods without a wet suit.
It was designed by a Belgian diving expert, John Beernaerts, and
is used for recreation, scuba diving practice and instruction and by
film-makers and scientists.
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Architectural marvel: The pool is designed by renowned architect
Emanuele Boaretto
The world’s largest swimming pool, completed in 2006, is located
at the San Alfonso del Mar resort in Algarrobo, Chile.
It is estimated to have cost more than £613million to construct and
covers nearly 20 acres.
Swimming a length in this would mean stroke after stroke for more
than three fifths of a mile - that's 20 Olympic-size swimming pools.
The enormous man-made lagoon is set halfway up the country's
Pacific coast and is filled with 66 million gallons of crystal clear
seawater.
It uses a computer-controlled suction and filtration system to suck
water in from the ocean at one end and pump it out at the other,
while the sun warms it to 26C - nine degrees higher than the sea.
Reflection
This article is about the deepest manmade
diving pool in Italy.
This article interested me because the pool is
the height of nine double decker buses on top
of each other. As I’m a keen swimmer when I
saw this deep pool in the article I thought that
it was amazing and very unusual.
I think it got into the news paper because there
has never been a manmade deep diving pool
made like this ever before.
My opinion of this article is that it could be
quite dangerous if your swimsuit got caught on
a corner or if you became stuck and run out of
breath.
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