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Fiumelatte
Fiumelatte may refer to: * Fiumelatte (river) * Fiumelatte (Varenna), ''frazione'' of Varenna Varenna (Comasco, Lecchese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) on Lake Como in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about northwest of Lecco. Varenna was founded by local fishermen in 769, and ..., Italy {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiumelatte (river)
Fiumelatte is a river in northern Italy. It flows from a cavity in the Grigna into Lake Como, just south of Varenna, it has an approximate length of 250 m (820 ft). The name , composed from (Italian for "river") and ("milk"), is due to the milky white color of its water. Leonardo da Vinci while staying in Lierna studied it for a long time and mentions it in his ''Atlantic Codex''. In the 1600s the sons of the high nobility had to visit it as part of the Grand Tour to form their culture. Overview One of the river's peculiarities is its annual intermittency: it usually dries in the middle of October to reappear in the second half of March; therefore it has been given the nickname ("River of the two Madonnas"), alluding to the festivities of Annunciation (March 25) and Madonna del Rosario (October 7). This phenomenon could imply that the river is the vent of an unexplored underground cavity in the Grigna, which gets periodically filled. The river is mentioned by the na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiumelatte (Varenna)
Fiumelatte may refer to: * Fiumelatte (river) * Fiumelatte (Varenna), ''frazione'' of Varenna Varenna (Comasco, Lecchese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) on Lake Como in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about northwest of Lecco. Varenna was founded by local fishermen in 769, and ..., Italy {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
