Lake Iseo

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Lake Iseo
Lake Iseo
Lake Iseo - Monte Isola.jpg
Lake Iseo with Monte Isola
Geographical location Lombardy ( Italy )
Tributaries Oglio , Borlezza
Drain Oglio
Islands Monte Isola , Isola di Loreto , Isola di San Paolo
Places on the shore Lovere , Riva di Solto , Sarnico , Pisogne , Sale Marasino , Iseo
Data
Coordinates 45 ° 43 '  N , 10 ° 5'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 43 '  N , 10 ° 5'  E
Lake Iseo (Lombardy)
Lake Iseo
Altitude above sea level 185  m slm
surface 65.3 km²
length 20.4 km
width 4.1 km
volume 8,097.2 km³
Maximum depth 251 m
Middle deep 124 m
Catchment area 1777 km²
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The Iseo ( Italian Iseo or Sebino ) is the fourth largest in the Italian lakes . It is located in the Lombard provinces of Brescia and Bergamo .

geography

The lake is located about 20 km northwest of Brescia at the foot of the Bergamasque Alps and the Adamello-Presanella Alps . The lake basin was hollowed out by the glacial glaciers of the Valcamonica valley. The Oglio River feeds the lake.

The 65.3 km² lake is located at an altitude of 181  m slm , is 25 km long and up to 251 m deep. In the lake are the islands of Monte Isola ("Inselberg"), the largest in a southern European inland water , as well as Isola di Loreto and Isola di San Paolo . The latter is owned by the Beretta arms- making dynasty .

You can drive around the lake completely, despite the many rock faces that slope down to the water. The road is carved out of the rock in many places.

The towns of Lovere , Pisogne , Sulzano , Iseo , Paratico , Sarnico and Riva di Solto are on the shore .

economy

Due to favorable downward winds, the lake has developed into a sailing paradise . A good tourism infrastructure has developed on the few beaches , but Lake Iseo is far less frequented than Lake Como or Lake Garda .

The Franciacorta wine-growing region begins just south of the lake .

art

On June 18, 2016, the artist Christo opened his work of art The Floating Piers in the middle of the lake . With this installation it was possible to reach the island of Monte Isola from Sulzano and from there to the island of Isola di San Paolo on foot over 16-meter-wide jetties floating in the water. The work of art was accessible until July 3, 2016 and was then dismantled and recycled.

photos

  • Isola di San Paolo

  • Isola di Loreto

  • Iseo in the foreground

  • The lake from the southeast

  • Clusane

Web links

Commons : Lake Iseo  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Alberto Archetti: Isola di San Paolo. Omaggio a Montisola, accessed August 6, 2014 .
  2. ↑ Lake Iseo travel guide. Zwischenrooms Verlag, accessed on August 6, 2014 .
  3. ↑ Jan-Christoph Kitzler: Christ is walking across the water. In: tagesschau.de. June 17, 2016, accessed June 18, 2016 .