Basin countries Italy Max. width 1.545 km (0.960 mi) Max. depth 60 m (200 ft) Surface elevation 305 m | Max. length 2.015 km (1.252 mi) Surface area 2.44 km (0.94 sq mi) Area 244 ha Shore length 6 km | |
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Location Province of Rome, Lazio | ||
Lake Martignano (Italian: Lago di Martignano), is a small lake in Lazio, Italy 24 kilometres (15 mi) north-north-west of Rome, in an extinct crater or maar. Administratively its coast is divided amongst the municipalities of Rome, Anguillara Sabazia and Campagnano di Roma.
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Map of Lake Martignano, Rome, Italy
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In ancient times Lake Martignano was part of southern Etruria and called Alsietinus Lacus. Augustus drew from it the Aqua Alsietina; the water was hardly fit to drink, and was mainly intended to supply his naumachia (lake made for a sham naval battle) at Rome, near San Francesco a Ripa, on the right bank of the Tiber, where some traces of the aqueduct were perhaps found in 1720. The course of the aqueduct, which was mainly subterranean, is practically unknown: Frontinus tells us that it received a branch from the lake of Bracciano near Careiae (Galera): and an inscription relating to it was found in this district in 1887.
There is a lawn beach, lake-side cafes and restaurants, and walking tracks.