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The Cascata delle Marmore (Italian: [kaˈskaːta delle ˈmarmore]) or Marmore Falls is a tiered, man-made waterfall in Italy, created by the Romans in 271 BC. At 165m (541 feet) tall, it is the largest man-made waterfall in the world. [1] It is located 7.7 km from Terni, in the region of Umbria. [2]
Terni (/ ˈ t ɛər n i / TAIR-nee; Italian: ⓘ; Latin: Interamna (Nahars)) is a city in the southern portion of the region of Umbria, in Central Italy. It is near the border with Lazio . The city is the capital of the province of Terni , located in the plain of the River Nera .
The Industrial City of Ivrea was founded in 1908 by Camillo Olivetti, head of the company Olivetti S.p.A. that produced typewriters, mechanical calculators, and office computers. The city was, mostly between 1930 and the 1960s, designed in line with the ideas of the political Community Movement. The complex includes industrial, residential, and ...
The city is split — half in Europe and the other half in Asia — which makes for a fascinating wander. Next time, I'd love to visit Bodrum, the capital of the Turkish Riviera.
Marmore Falls. Gole del Nera in Narni.. Umbria is bordered by Tuscany to the west and the north, Marche to the east and Lazio to the south. Partly hilly and mountainous, and partly flat and fertile owing to the valley of the Tiber, its topography includes part of the central Apennines, with the highest point in the region at Monte Vettore on the border of Marche, at 2,476 metres (8,123 feet ...
The Marmore's Falls in Umbria, Italy, the tallest artificial waterfall in the world. An artificial waterfall is a water feature or fountain which imitates a natural waterfall. [1] Artificial waterfalls have long been featured in traditional Japanese gardens, where they can serve to highlight a
The Velino is a river in central Italy, a tributary of the Nera. Its source is located on Monte Pozzoni's slopes (1,903 m) near Cittareale . Aftwards, it runs through a narrow valley next the Mount Terminillo , known as "Gole del Vento" ("Wind's Ravines") and, near Antrodoco , receives the Peschiera Springs, which have a discharge of some 18 ...
The ancient Roman villa of Quintus Axius was a large rural villa rustica in the locality of Grotte di San Nicola, Colli sul Velino (Rieti, Lazio), Italy. It is one of the relatively few known farm-estates of ancient Roman Italy, especially of those that can be assigned to a known senator of the Axia gens family, friend of Varro [2] and Cicero ...