Samolaco ( Lombard : Samolegh or Samolagh ) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region Lombardy , located about 90 kilometres (56 mi) north of the regional capital Milan and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northwest of Sondrio . As of 31 December 2005, it had a population of 2,913 and an area of 44.5 square kilometres (17.2 sq mi).
5-457: The territory of the comune, mostly mountainous, includes of a number of small centres of population, notably Casenda, Era, Giumello, San Pietro and Somaggia. All of these lie in the valley known as the Piano di Chiavenna , just to the north of the small lake Lago di Mezzola , which itself lies to the north of Lake Como . There is no centre called Samolaco, although the community centre, a grocery store,
10-505: A bank, two bars, a farm supply store and an artisan honey producer lie in the Samolaco area. Samolaco borders the following municipalities: Gordona , Livo , Montemezzo , Novate Mezzola , Prata Camportaccio , Sorico , Vercana . This article on a location in the Province of Sondrio is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lago di Mezzola The Lago di Mezzola
15-594: Is a small lake in the Italian region of Lombardy , measuring 5.9 km (2.3 sq mi). It lies between the Pian di Spagna to the south, which divides it from Lake Como and is an ecologically important wetland habitat, and the Piano di Chiavenna to the north, which leads up to Chiavenna . Both are crossed by the river Mera which is Lago di Mezzola's most important inflow, as well as its sole outflow, and which connects it to Lake Como. The lake has two further inflows,
20-801: The Codera , which runs through the Val Codera before entering the lake at Novate Mezzola , and the Ratti which runs through the Valle dei Ratti and enters the lake a little to the south at Verceia . The Lago di Mezzola and the Pian di Spagna together make up the Riserva Naturale Pian di Spagna e Lago di Mezzola . Formerly this area was part of the northern branch of Lake Como, which extended as far north as Samolaco , known in antiquity as Summus Lacus ( Latin for "Head of
25-578: The Lake"). Subsequently, the frequent flooding of the Adda deposited alluvium and formed the Pian di Spagna, thus separating the two lakes. The lakeside settlements include Novate Mezzola to the north, Verceia, San Fedele and Bocca d'Adda (once the mouth of the Adda) on the eastern shore, and Dascio and Albonico, (both frazioni of the commune of Sorico ) to the west. The 10th-century lakeside Tempietto di San Fedelino ,
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