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The lake of Bolsena is the larger volcanic lake of Italy, its origins goes back more than 120.000 years ago, when the volcano from which draws origin was extinguished definitively leaving space to waters that very soon filled up this valley. The lake, with its 114 kmq and the perimeter of 43 km is the greater one of the region Lazio and fifth of Italy.
Its waters thanks to the natural conformation and the lack of polluting industries are considered the cleanest and transparent of Italy, in fact the fishermen still today use them in order to cook the "Sbroscia", one characteristic soup of fish and vegetables of the Lake of Bolsena. Consequently, the waters, are rich of various varieties of fish, appreciated for their taste and quality. To remember the eels, cited by Dante Alighieri in a step of the "Divinae Commedia".
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