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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.
![]() | This article is largely based on an article in the out-of-copyright Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, which was produced in 1911. (March 2017) |
Lake Martignano | |
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Location | Province of Rome, Lazio |
Coordinates | 42°6′46″N 12°18′54″E |
Basin countries | Italy |
Max. length | 2.015 km (1.252 mi) |
Max. width | 1.545 km (0.960 mi) |
Surface area | 2.44 km2 (0.94 sq mi) |
Max. depth | 60 m (200 ft) |
Shore length1 | 6 km (3.7 mi) |
Surface elevation | 305 m (1,001 ft) |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
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.
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