page_title: Fucine Lake
section_title: New drainage
hierarchical_section_title: Fucine Lake / New drainage
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Lago Fucino. Tratto da Cenni riassuntivi dei progetti e delle opere intraprese pel prosciugamento e definitivo bonificamento del Lago Fucino e considerazioni su queste ultime
context_page_description: The Fucine Lake was a large endorheic lake in western Abruzzo, central Italy, stretching from Avezzano in the northwest to Ortucchio in the southeast, and touching Trasacco in the southwest. Once the third largest lake in Italy, it was drained in 1878.
context_section_description: In the 19th century, the Swiss engineer Jean François Mayor de Montricher was commissioned by the prince Alessandro Torlonia to drain the lake. A 6.3 km-long (3.9 mi) and 21 m-wide (69 ft) canal was begun in 1862 and after more than 13 years, the lake was completely drained. The resulting plain is one of Italy's most fertile regions. Antiquities from the Roman occupation of the land, after the first drainage scheme, became part of the Torlonia collection.
caption: Drainage plan printed in 1875
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