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COMO, LAKE OF (the Lacus Larius of the Romans, and so sometimes called LARIO to the present day, though in the 4th century it is already termed Lacus Comacinus)

This article appears in Volume V06, Page 794 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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COMO, LAKE OF (the Lacus Larius of the Romans, and so sometimes called LARIO to the present day, though in the 4th century it is already termed Lacus Comacinus) , one of the most celebrated lakes in
Lombardy
 , Northern
Italy
 . It lies due
N. of
Milan
  and is formed by the
Adda
  that flows through the Valtelline to the
north
  end of the lake (here falls in the Maira or Mera, coming from the Val Bregaglia) and flows out of it at its
south
 -eastern extremity, on the way to join the Po. Its area is 552 sq. m., it is about 43 M. from end to end (about 302 m. from the
north
  end of
Bellagio
 ), it is from 1 to 22 M. in breadth, its surface is 653 ft. above the sea, and its greatest
depth
  is 1365 ft. A railway line now runs along its eastern shore from Colico to Lecco (241 m.), while on its western shore Menaggio is reached by a steam tramway from Porlezza on the Lake of Lugano (8 m.). Colico, at the northern extremity, is by
rail
  17 M. from Chiavenna and 42 M. from Tirano, while at its southern end Como (on the St Gotthard line) is 32 M. from
Milan
 , and Lecco about the same distance. The lake fills a remarkable depression which


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