Lake Trasimeno or Trasimene (in Italian: Lago Trasimeno), is the largest lake in peninsular Italy with a surface area of 128 km/sq, just slightly less than that of Lake Como. Map of Lake Como Lake Como (Lago di Como in Italian, also known as Lario) is a lake of glacial origin in Lombardy, Italy. ...

Historically, Trasimeno was known as "the lake of Perugia" and this name makes it easy to understand the importance that the lake has always had for the whole of north-western Umbria and for the Tuscan Chiana district. A significant battle took place on the north shore of the lake in April 217 B.C. during the Second Punic War. Perugia is the capital city in the region of Umbria in central Italy, near the Tiber river, and the capital of the province of Perugia. ... Umbria is a region of central Italy, bordered by Tuscany to the west, the Marche to the east and Lazio to the south. ... Tuscany (Italian Toscana) is a region in central Italy, bordering on Latium to the south, Umbria to the east, Emilia-Romagna and Liguria to the north, and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west. ... Chiana is a fictional character on the television science fiction series Farscape, played by Gigi Edgley. ... Battle of Lake Trasimene Conflict Second Punic War Date June 24, 217 BC Place Lake Trasimene, Italy Result Carthagininan victory The Battle of Lake Trasimene (June 24, 217 BC, April on the Julian calendar) was a Roman defeat in the Second Punic War between the Carthaginians under Hannibal and the... Combatants Roman Republic Carthage Commanders Publius Cornelius Scipio†, Titus Sempronius Longus Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, Gaius Flaminius†, Fabius Maximus, Claudius Marcellus†, Lucius Aemilius Paullus†, Gaius Terentius Varro, Marcus Livius Salinator, Gaius Claudius Nero, Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus†, Masinissa Hannibal Barca, Hasdrubal Barca†, Mago Barca†, Hasdrubal Gisco, Maharbal, Syphax, Hanno the...

There are three islands in the lake. The second largest, Isola Maggiore, is the only inhabited one. The small fishing village, which reached its height in the 14th century, today has only around thirty residents. Most of the buildings, including the ruins of a Franciscan monastery, date from the 1300's. Isola Maggiore is the second largest island on Lake Trasimeno, in Umbria, Italy. ... The Order of Friars Minor and other Franciscan movements are disciples of Saint Francis of Assisi. ...

Trasimeno has all the characteristics of a great natural resource that should be rigorously protected and promoted for purposes compatible with its preservation. The inhabitants of the communes around Trasimeno and the Umbrian people have all, despite a wealth of difficulties, been successful in safeguarding their lake, whose waters are constantly fit for swimming and whose valleys and islands are intact territorial environments, therefore providing a mirror of a millenary past and a theme for a present suited to discovering a new means for man to interrelate with his habitats. In Italy, the comune, (plural comuni) is the basic administrative unit of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality. ... Umbrian, an Indo-European language of the Italic family, is a dead language formerly spoken in Umbria, Italy. ...

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