Isola Minore
| Isola Minore | ||
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| Waters | Lake Trasimeno | |
| Geographical location | 43 ° 10 ′ 47 " N , 12 ° 6 ′ 10" E | |
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| length | 450 m | |
| width | 260 m | |
| surface | 5 ha | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
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The Isola Minore ( Italian for "Small Island" , until the 19th century also Isoletta "islets") is the smallest of the three islands in Lake Trasimeno . It is located about 1.5 km southwest of Passignano sul Trasimeno , to whose municipality it belongs, and about 500 meters east of the larger island of Isola Maggiore .
The five hectare island is densely forested, mainly with holm oaks and pines . It houses a breeding colony of cormorants .
The island was permanently inhabited until the 14th century, but was then abandoned by the residents because of frequent robberies. After that it only occasionally offered refuge to hermits . Today it is privately owned and uninhabited.
Web links
Commons : Isola Minore - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Isola Minore on the Parco del Trasimeno website (Italian)
- Isola Minore - Lake Trasimeno (PG) (Italian)