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Fusaro, Lake of
Casina Vanvitelliana, an 18th-century hunting lodge on the Lake of Fusaro, Bacoli, Italy.
Lake of Fusaro
lagoon, Italy
Also known as: Acherusian Swamp, Lago del Fusaro, Palus Acherusia(Show More)
Lake of Fusaro, coastal lagoon in Napoli provincia, Campania regione, southern Italy, west of Naples. The lagoon is separated from the sea on the west by sand dunes. As the ancient Palus Acherusia (âAcherusian Swampâ), it may have been the harbour of nearby Cumae in antiquity. In the first century ad, an outlet was dug at its southern end, with a tunnel under the hill of Torre Gaveta; another outlet was dug in 1858â59. On the hill are the remains of a large villa, probably that of the Roman statesman Servilius Vatia.
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