Lake Maggiore
The Lago Maggiore, Italian and Lake Verbano (from the Latin Lacus Verbanus ), Lombard Lagh Maggior, German Maggiore is one of the Italian regions of Piedmont and Lombardy and in the Swiss canton of Ticino situated, flowing through them from the same Hauptzu and outflow Ticino northern Italy lake.
Description
The Lago Maggiore covered a 212.5 km ² large area, owned by the 80.1 % to Italy, with the remaining 19.9% for Switzerland. It extends from the Southern Alps to the edge of the Po Valley. Like the other Italian lakes he created during the melting of Ice Age glaciers. Above all, its northern part is surrounded by high rock walls.
The lake level is on average 193 m above sea level. M. The lake is 66 km long and up to 10 km wide. He is, after Lake Garda is the second largest lake in Italy. The maximum depth is 372 m. So the bottom of the lake is about 170 m below sea level.
The catchment area is 6386 km ² ( 3326 km ² in Switzerland, and 3060 km ² in Italy).
From fishing in Lake Maggiore several professional fishermen live. The total yield is 150 tons per year.
Since 1826 there is a lake on the passenger shipping. In 1852 it was taken over by the Austrian Lloyd and reorganized. Today the Navigazione Laghi operates a fleet of 25 ships.
Car ferry from intra Laveno
Passenger ship at the pier Luino. In the background Maccagno
At Cannero
The main inflow and outflow is the Ticino (Italian: Ticino). It flows in a Magadino into the lake. The estuary, the Bolle di Magadino, is a very rich nature reserve.
Further west opens the Maggia. She constantly brings sediment with it, so that the Maggia delta today extends far into the lake. To the east of the delta is Locarno, which is known mainly for its Film Festival and the Sanctuary of the Madonna del Sasso, on the west side Ascona with its promenade and the Monte Verità. In the hinterland, the valley divides at Ponte Brolla the Cento Valli to the left and the Maggia Valley to the right. In the north the Verzasca flows into the lake, known primarily for the bridge Ponte dei Salti and the 220 m high dam.
Largest city on the lake is Verbania with their part places Intra and Pallanza. Worth seeing are the botanical gardens of Villa Taranto (0.16 km ²), a gift of its founder, Captain Neil Mac Eacharn to Italy. Thousands from around the world imported plants, as well as rare in Europe partly unique botanical collections can study here. South of Verbania, the lake expands to the Gulf of Verbania, where the Toce opens into the lake.
On Golf is Stresa, which still exudes the charm of a fashionable Nobel spa with its Belle Epoque villas and palatial. In Stresa, Villa Pallavicino is with its park and a zoo. Centuries-old trees and many wild animal species can be admired there. In the city found some historically important conferences were held (1st and 2nd Stresa Conference in 1935 or 1958 Bilderberg conference 2004).
Further south is the town of Arona. Two kilometers north of Arona, a 23 m high copper colossal statue (35 m with base) of Charles Borromeo was built in 1624, which was the highest accessible from inside statue to the construction of the Statue of Liberty in New York.
South of the lake is an upside- protected floodplain at Sesto Calende.
On the east side of the lake are the place Angera with a medieval castle ( Rocca di Angera ), the built into the cliff face convent of Santa Caterina del Sasso and the city Luino with its famous weekly market.
Islands
In the two Brissago Brissago lie Botanic Garden: Isola di San Pancrazio ( Isola Grande) and Isola di Apollinare ( Isolino ). North of Cannero Riviera are two islets Cannero castles.
Stresa are preceded by three of the five Borromean Islands: Isola Bella and Isola dei Pescatori (also known as Isola Superiore), and between the two the islet Scoglio della Malghera. The remaining two, Isolino di San Giovanni and Isola Madre, precede the opposite Verbania.
In Angera the small island Isolino Partegora is.
Sacro Monte di Ghiffa
The pilgrimage with a group of chapels of Sacro Monte di Ghiffa is a pilgrimage site near the town Ghiffa Lake Maggiore in Piedmont. It is registered since 2003 as part of the Sacri Monti in the list of World Heritage Sites by UNESCO.
Resorts on Lake Maggiore
- Gerra
- San Nazzaro
- Vira ( Gambarogno)
- Magadino
- Tenero
- Locarno
- Ascona
- Ronco
- Brissago
- Angera
- Ranco
- Ispra
- Laveno- Mombello
- Castelveccana
- Porto Valtravaglia
- Brezzo di Bedero
- Germignaga
- Luino
- Maccagno
- Tronzano Lago Maggiore
- Pino sulla Sponda del Lago Maggiore
Film
The lake served, inter alia, in the musical film songs sound on Lake Maggiore (1962 ) with Fred Bertelsmann as a backdrop.
Pictures of Lake Maggiore
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