The legend talk about the son of the king Tirreno, Prince Trasimeno. One day, from his camp, he saw a nymph bathed, Agilla. The prince fell in love immediately of nymph and between the two became an overwhelming love that ends with their marriage. The morning next the wedding, the prince Trasimeno decided to swim in the lake. Agilla saw him dive into the lake but it sucks in its water and he disappeared forever.
From that day Agilla was to wait for his beloved, constantly searching but to no avail. Agilla ended his days on a boat in the center of the lake, where controlled all boats to search for the face of his lost love.
It is said that even today, in the summer when the wind blows from Tuscany, you hear the cry of the nymph who calls his beloved.
Throughout the history of Lake Trasimeno also had other names: Cliton, Agillino, Plestina, Lake of Perugia, Lake of Castiglione.
Lake Trasimeno, with an area of 128 square kilometers and a circumference of 45 kilometers, and, by extension, is the largest in mainland Italyand fourth in the country.
Of tectonic origin, Lake Trasimeno has a laminar depth of 6 m. about. And 'fed by several streams, by ditches.
Since no natural emissaries saw an attempt at regulation by Romans, who dug the first artificial outlet to which it was added a second to the late nineteenth century. On the banks of the lake on three sides overlooking the hills covered by olive.
At the center of the lake rise three islands: the Polvese Island, the most 'great, that was recently equipped a public park was established and where an area for the recovery of aquatic birds, the Major Island, which is the only one inhabited, and the Minor Island.
The islands are linked to major coastal centers ship Perugina Mobility Company.
Major Island on post in the Municipality of Tuoro from where you start with the ferry to visit, is the only inhabited. Still retains the distinctivecharacter of the village fifteenth created by fishermen, is perhaps for this reason that each year attracts thousands of visitors seeking natural and unspoiled places.
In 1213 he went there as a hermit for Lent S. Francis of Assisi to see the chapel, which commemorates the landing after crossing Lake Trasimeno in the storm and the rock where he stopped to pray. Lace Island (or Irish Lace), prized craftsmanship Irish taught by a teacher without being affixed to the Island by the Marchesa Elena Guglielmi in 1904, along with fishing and tourism base economy of the forty families living there.
Among the most interesting recent achievements, is to report the Garden of Aquatic Plants, architectural and functional recovery achieved by the Province of Perugia in 1995, the pool was designed in 1959/60 by the Roman architect Peter Porcinai. With riambientazione an old abandoned sandstone quarry, was then carried out a entirely carved in the rock pool, surrounded by tanks called "nymphs" with a rich collection of aquatic vegetation, now beautifully restored and open to
accompanied by personnel of scientific-educational park island. It 'was recently renovated castle, also in terms of a future use for educational-cultural (theater, shows, etc.).
The Minor Island is the smallest of the three that rise from the lake. Call until the early nineteenth century "small island", is now part of the town of Passignano, is privately owned and is
uninhabited.
1 comments:
really interesting post. I personally had the opportunity to visit the Lake Trasimeno and the Marmore Falls last year, the area of Valnerina (Umbria) is really nice and there are many things to see.
In a week of vacation I traveled throughout the region by bike through the paths dedicated to cycling in Umbria.
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