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Isola Minore

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to the mainland to escape from the depredations of brigands and subsequently it has been home only to the occasional hermit. Today the island is in private ownership and uninhabited. It is not on any of the ferry routes and there is no jetty or other dedicated facilities for moorage.
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within whose municipal boundaries it lies. It rises to about 20 metres above the level of the lake (itself 258 m above sea level), and takes the form of a comma with dimensions of about 450 x 260 m and an area of some 5 hectares. It is about 470 m NE of the larger island of
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In the Middle Ages it had rather a large population. During the fifteenth century however the inhabitants transferred
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providing protection for the nesting sites of numerous
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Lago Trasimeno
Italy
Passignano sul Trasimeno
Isola Maggiore
pines
holm oaks
cormorants
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‘Isola Minore’
43°10′46″N 12°06′11″E / 43.17956°N 12.10293°E / 43.17956; 12.10293
Categories
Landforms of Umbria
Province of Perugia
Islands of the Trasimeno Lake

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