Main attractions :: Il Trasimeno
Perugia :: Assisi
:: Gubbio :: Spoleto
:: Todi :: Orvieto
:: Montefalco & Bevagna
Lake Trasimeno has a surface of 128 km2, a circumference of 45 Km and a the maximum depth
of 6 meters. A water veil on a lawn is called, being the Trasimeno one of least deep among
large Italian lakes. Its changing beauty, creating landscapes of luminous suggestion, has
been celebrated by unnumbered painters and writers.
On the banks of the lake dwell hills dressed with olive trees and from its water, very
rich of fish, three islands rise: the Polvese island, the biggest, recently transformed
to a public park plenty of aquatic birds, Maggiore island, the only one inhabited, and the
Minore island.
On the administrative side, the Trasimeno area is part of Umbria, but for cultural and
geographical reasons it is to be considered a blend of Umbria and Tuscany: it has characteristics
of both. The border between the two regions remains mysteriously indefinite, not only in
the language and landscape, but also in food and traditions.
Lake Trasimeno stands perfectly in the middle of Italy, in a spot crossed, since the ancient
ages, by the main routes leading to Rome from the Central/Northern Europe.
The lack of major industrial sites and large towns makes of the Trasimeno area a place
where earth, water and air do not suffer from the effects of pollution. The small towns
built on the banks of the lake like Castiglione del Lago, Magione, Passignano and Tuoro,
retain an aura of serene tranquility. Not to be missed, in the outskirts, a visit to the
hilltowns perched on the green gentle hills, like Città della Pieve, Paciano, Panicale
and Piegaro, centers rich of history and art.
|
Polvese island
View of Castiglione del Lago
Painting from the museum of Trasimeno
|
