The Aglia (french: Ruisseau d'Aglia) is a long stream in the department of
Haute-Corse
Haute-Corse (; co, Corsica suprana , or ; en, Upper Corsica) is (as of 2022) an administrative department of France, consisting of the northern part of the island of Corsica. The corresponding departmental territorial collectivity merged wi ...
, Corsica, a tributary of the
Abatesco
}) is a French coastal river which flows through the Haute-Corse department and empties into the Tyrrhenian Sea.
Geography
The watercourse is long.
The Abatesco originates south of the summit of Monte Formicola, which is high, at an altitude ...
.
History
Some historians say there may have been a town called Aglia along the stream of that name.
The stream gives its name to the prehistoric site of Aglia in
Serra-di-Fiumorbo
Serra-di-Fiumorbo is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.
The Aglia runs through the commune from west to east, to join the Abatesco, which defines the northern boundary of the commune.
Population
See ...
(Sarra di Fiumorbu).
When the railway line was being built in 1927 a prehistoric necropolis, known as Aglia, was uncovered at a place called Nodo.
It has many tombs, each covered by a curved slab, which are arranged in groups.
The skeletons are accompanied by stone axes, arrowheads and spears, and some have arrangements of small multi-colored pebbles and fragments of quartz.
Geography
The Aglia is one of the three main tributaries of the Abatesco, the others being the Buva and the Biaccino.
It rises in
Ventiseri
Ventiseri is a Communes of France, commune in the Haute-Corse Departments of France, department of France on the island of Corsica.
Geography Climate
Ventiseri has a mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification ''Csa''). The average an ...
to the east of Punta di Quarcio Grosso, a peak.
It flows for through Serra-di-Fiumorbo in a northeast direction to join the Abatesco to the south of Morta.
The stream has no named tributaries.
It crosses the communes of
Prunelli-di-Fiumorbo, Serra-di-Fiumorbo and Ventiseri.
A local road running west from Pont de l'Abatesco to the D545 crosses the stream at Tozzi and then follows it upstream to a point just north of Pont du Nodo where the D545 crosses the stream.
The Pont du Nodo was formerly a bridge on the ''Côte orientale corse'' railway line, and has particularly well-preserved masonry.
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Rivers of Haute-Corse
Rivers of France
Coastal basins of the Tyrrhenian Sea in Corsica