Corfino (river)

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Corfino
The Corfino at Mozzanella (Castiglione di Garfagnana)

The Corfino at Mozzanella (Castiglione di Garfagnana)

Data
location Tuscany , Italy
River system Serchio
Drain over Serchio  → Ligurian Sea
River basin district Pilota del Serchio District
source Villa Collemandina
44 ° 13 ′ 41 ″  N , 10 ° 25 ′ 11 ″  E
muzzle Pontecosi coordinates: 44 ° 7 ′ 55 "  N , 10 ° 23 ′ 18"  E 44 ° 7 ′ 55 "  N , 10 ° 23 ′ 18"  E

length 12 km

The Corfino is a left tributary of the Serchio , which flows into the Serchio after a total of 12 km. Classified as a torrente , it flows in the countryside of eastern Garfagnana , province of Lucca , Tuscany .

course

The Corfino rises in the northern municipality of Villa Collemandina below and south of the mountain peak of Monte Vecchio (1982 m) in the northern Apennines on the border of the regions Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna (Tuscany-Romagna-Apennine - Appennino tosco-romagnolo). From here it flows south and passes northwest Sassorosso (993 m), southeast Corfino (820 m) and shortly east Canigiano (641 m). Then it reaches the main town of Villa Collemandina to the west, where the river to Lago di Villa is dammed. The dam was built in 1914, is 37.50 m high, 65 m long and is operated by Enel . The Corfino then flows further south and leaves the municipality of Villa Collemandina after a total of 9 km. In the municipality of Castiglione di Garfagnana , it first comes near Mozzanella (436 m) and then to Pian di Cerreto (421 m). After 2 km in Castiglione di Garfagnana, it now reaches Pieve Fosciana . Here he spends his last 2 km and undergoes the state road SP 16 and the railway bridge Ponte sul Crofino of the railway line Aulla Lunigiana – Lucca , to then near the church Madonna delle Grazie (also Madonna del Ponte ) and the medieval bridge Ponte della Madonna southeast of Pontecosi (321 m) to flow into the reservoir Lago di Pontecosi . The reservoir was created in 1925 and has a dam wall 33 m high.

photos

  • The lake Lago di Villa

  • The dam of the Lago di Villa

  • The tributary of the Corfino (left) into the Serchio on Lake Pontecosi (with the medieval bridge, the railway bridge and the church of Madonna della Grazie)

  • The tributary of the Corfino in the Serchio on Lake Pontecosi (with the medieval bridge, the railway bridge and the church of Madonna della Grazie)

Web links

Commons : Corfino River  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e website of the Sistema Informativo Ambientale della Regione Toscana (SIRA) on Corfino , accessed on December 18, 2017 (Italian)
  2. ↑ Giorgio Battini: Il fiume racconta. Viaggio nella Toscana dei fiumi. Bonechi, Florence 1993, ISBN 88-7009-941-5 , p. 120
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Official website of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (2001) on the districts of the province of Lucca, accessed on December 18, 2017 (Italian)
  4. ↑ inGarfagnana on Lake Villa Collemandina , accessed on December 18, 2017 (Italian)
  5. ↑ Diga di Villa Collemandina , Geopaesaggi della Toscana, website of the University of Siena , accessed on December 18, 2017 (Italian)
  6. ↑ Lucca360 to Lago di Pontecosi , accessed on December 18, 2017 (Italian)