Fucino

Fucino, or Celano, Lake (classic I.acus Fttcinus), is situated in the province of Aquila, South Italy, 15 miles N. of Sora. Lying between two ranges of the Apennines at a height of 2,276 feet above the sea, and having a length of 10 miles and a breadth of 7 miles, it has always been a source of danger through inundation to the valleys below. The Emperor Claudius drew off the overflow by means of a tunnel to the river Garigliano, but this outlet became blocked, and was only cleared in 1862 at immense cost by a Neapolitan company.