We will visit Lake Nemi connected to the great catchment area of the Incastro River via an outfall built in the 6th century BC. Both the lake and the outfall, a work of Latin hydraulic engineering unique in the world for its length of more than 1,600m.
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- Sunday 9 June 2024, 16:30 - 19:30 (CEST)
- Nemi, Italy
- Country
- Italy
Practical information
- When
- Sunday 9 June 2024, 16:30 - 19:30 (CEST)
- Where
- Via Diana, 500045 Genzano di Roma RM, Nemi, Italy
- Languages
- Italian
- Part of
Description
Lake of Nemi and latin emissary – 09.06.2024 4.30 p.m. The sacred waters of Lake Nemi, with the federal sanctuary of the LATIN peoples dedicated to Diana, were connected to those of the great river basin of the Incastro River by an underground artificial emissary built in the 6th century BC.
This is an extraordinary work of Latin hydraulic engineering, unique in the world for its length of over 1600 metres and built by the Latins with an excavation technique that is still surprising today for its connection capacity.
The Latins were, in fact, masters in the art of hydraulics. The artificial emissary kept the level of the lake constant by channelling the water into the ditch of the Incastro, an ancient Numicus river, passing through the Ariccia valley to Ardea.
Aims of the visit: to promote knowledge of Lake Nemi and the Latin effluent, the history of the area and the hydraulic art of the Latins.