The meeting point between the beauty of nature and the ingenuity
of man at this dam has created something that is worth seeing: the
sun that reflects in the crystal clear waters of the artificial lake that slithers between the hills, encircled by green or snow-capped mountains is an extraordinary sight!
It took six years to build the dam of Castreccioni. A great work
of engineering 67 metres high and 280m long, it created the
largest artificial lake in both the Marches region and central
Italy. What makes it so different from other lakes? The 2km
of surface area, which extends to depths of 55m in places,
is home to many migrant birds and has a rich aquatic fauna
including perch, trout, pike, pike-perch, sea trout, royal perch,
European chub, catfish, Crucian carp, rudd and carp.
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