Lake Martignano

42°6′46″N 12°18′54″E / 42.11278°N 12.31500°E / 42.11278; 12.31500Basin countriesItalyMax. length2.015 km (1.252 mi)Max. width1.545 km (0.960 mi)Surface area2.44 km² (0.94 sq mi)Max. depth60 m (200 ft)Shore length¹6 km (3.7 mi)Surface elevation305 m (1,001 ft)¹ Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Lake Martignano (Italian: Lago di Martignano) is a small lake in Lazio, Italy 24 kilometres (15 mi) north-north-west of Rome, in an extinct crater or maar.^[1] Administratively its coast is divided amongst the municipalities of Rome, Anguillara Sabazia and Campagnano di Roma.

Overview

In ancient times Lake Martignano was part of southern Etruria and called Alsietinus Lacus. Augustus drew from it the Aqua Alsietina; the water was hardly fit to drink, and was mainly intended to supply his naumachia (lake made for a sham naval battle) at Rome, near San Francesco a Ripa, on the right bank of the Tiber, where some traces of the aqueduct were perhaps found in 1720.^[1] The course of the aqueduct, which was mainly subterranean, is practically unknown: Frontinus tells us that it received a branch from Lake Bracciano near Careiae (Galera): and an inscription relating to it was found in this district in 1887.^[2]

There is a lawn beach, lake-side cafes and restaurants, and walking tracks.

Nearby towns

Notes

^ ^a ^b Chisholm 1911, p. 757.
^ Chisholm 1911, p. 757 cites F. Barnabei, Notizie degli Scavi, 1887, 181.

References

Attribution:

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Alsietinus Lacus". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 757.