The bridge in Peschiera del Garda where Lake Garda discharges into the Mincio, denoting the beginning of the river.
The river is the main outlet of Lake Garda. It is a part of the Sarca-Mincio river system which also includes the river Sarca and the Lake Garda. The river starts from the south-eastern tip of the lake at the town of Peschiera del Garda and then flows from there for about 65 kilometres (40 mi) past Mantua and into the river Po. From Lake Garda until it reaches Pozzolo, it forms the boundary between Veneto and Lombardy.
In the Etruscan period, the Mincio probably joined with the river Tartaro and flowed into the sea Adriatic Sea into the pit Filistina,[2] in Roman Republic it was made to flow into the Po with three branches from Mantua by Quintus Curius Hostilius, subsequently reunited in a single embanked in 1198 on a project by Alberto Pitentino and regulated its course with several dams (Ponte dei Mulini, Mantua) and the Governolo) dam to make it navigable,[3][4] to prevent Mantua from being flooded by the flooding of the Po and to improve air quality.[5][6]
At Mantua the Mincio was widened in the late 12th century, forming a series of three (originally four) lakes that skirt the edges of the old city. The original settlement here, dating from about 2000 BC, was on an island in the Mincio.
The former lower part of the course of the Mincio flowed into the Adriatic Sea near Adria until the breach at Cucca in 589, roughly following the course of the river that is currently known by the name of Canal Bianco; it had been a waterway from the sea to the lake until then.
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For the steamship see SS Mincio This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Mincio news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Mincio Italian ˈmintʃo Lombard Mens Venetian Menzo Latin Mincius Ancient Greek Migxios romanized Minchios is a river in the Lombardy region of northern Italy Mincio SarcaThe Mincio at Peschiera del Garda Native nameMens Lombard Menzo Venetian LocationCountryItalyPhysical characteristicsSource locationPinzolo Italy Sarca Peschiera del Garda Italy Mincio elevation770 m 2 530 ft Sarca 65 m 213 ft Mincio MouthPo coordinates45 04 16 N 10 58 55 E 45 07111 N 10 98194 E 45 07111 10 98194 Coordinates 45 04 16 N 10 58 55 E 45 07111 N 10 98194 E 45 07111 10 98194Length194 km 121 mi total 78 km 48 mi Sarca 41 km 25 mi Lake Garda 75 km 47 mi Mincio Basin size2 859 km2 1 104 sq mi Discharge average60 m3 s 2 100 cu ft s Basin featuresProgressionPo Adriatic Sea The bridge in Peschiera del Garda where Lake Garda discharges into the Mincio denoting the beginning of the river The river is the main outlet of Lake Garda It is a part of the Sarca Mincio river system which also includes the river Sarca and the Lake Garda The river starts from the south eastern tip of the lake at the town of Peschiera del Garda and then flows from there for about 65 kilometres 40 mi past Mantua and into the river Po From Lake Garda until it reaches Pozzolo it forms the boundary between Veneto and Lombardy According to the Greco Roman mythology the River Mincius was the child of the Lake Benacus 1 In the Etruscan period the Mincio probably joined with the river Tartaro and flowed into the sea Adriatic Sea into the pit Filistina 2 in Roman Republic it was made to flow into the Po with three branches from Mantua by Quintus Curius Hostilius subsequently reunited in a single embanked in 1198 on a project by Alberto Pitentino and regulated its course with several dams Ponte dei Mulini Mantua and the Governolo dam to make it navigable 3 4 to prevent Mantua from being flooded by the flooding of the Po and to improve air quality 5 6 At Mantua the Mincio was widened in the late 12th century forming a series of three originally four lakes that skirt the edges of the old city The original settlement here dating from about 2000 BC was on an island in the Mincio The former lower part of the course of the Mincio flowed into the Adriatic Sea near Adria until the breach at Cucca in 589 roughly following the course of the river that is currently known by the name of Canal Bianco it had been a waterway from the sea to the lake until then In 452 CE Attila the Hun received an embassy sent by the Western Roman Emperor Valentinian III near this river The Roman delegation was led by Pope Leo I After this meeting Attila withdrew from Italy 7 The last act of Verdi s opera Rigoletto is set just outside Mantua at an inn on the banks of the Mincio References Edit Virgil Aeneid 10 163 Cardinali Francesco 1823 Dei Canali Navigabilidel Padre Don Paolo Frisi p 269 inNuova raccolta d autori italiani che trattano del moto dell acque Volume 6 1823 curato da Francesco Cardinali Biblioteca Pubblica di New York Retrieved 11 October 2009 Bertazzoli Gabriele 1609 Discorso del Sig Gabriele Bertazzolo Mantova 1609 University of Michigan Retrieved 11 October 2009 Cardinali Francesco 1825 Introduzione preliminare storica alla trattazione dei canali navigabilipp 14 15 inNuova raccolta d autori italiani che trattano del moto dell acque Volume 4 1825 curato da Francesco Cardinali Harvard University Retrieved 11 October 2009 Della sistemazione dei laghi di Mantova per liberare la citta dalle inondazioni e per migliorarne l aria e la navigazioneElia Lombardini pp 415 437 inGiornale dell I R Istituto Lombardo di Scienze Lettere ed Arti e Biblioteca ItalianaTomo V Milano 1853 Oxford University 1833 Retrieved 11 October 2009 LA VERA DESCRITIONE DI TUTTA LA LOMBARDIA 1652 I G M Istituto Geografico Militare Archived from the original on 15 December 2014 Kelly Christopher 2009 The End of Empire Attila the Hun and the Fall of Rome New York W W Norton p 262 ISBN 978 0 393 06196 3 in Italian Rubis Zemella La mia Polesella perduta printed by his own 1992 and reprinted by A V I S di Polesella 1998 External links Edit Mincio New International Encyclopedia 1905 This Lombardy location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article on a location in Veneto is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article related to a river in Italy is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mincio amp oldid 1150105402, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
