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Lake Massaciuccoli: nature and music
Lake Massaciuccoli’s perimeter is 10 kilometres
Lake and marshes cover about 2000 hectares Separated from the Tyrrhenian Sea by 4 kms of land
Shores were more extended in the past
Depth between 3 and 4 metres Sea coming up to the lake in the Roman era →important commercial port
THE OASIS OF MASSACIUCCOLI
It is in Tuscany within the National Park of San Rossore
Established in 1985
Characterised by all the environments associated with lakes
Clear water and marshland have an extension of about 47 hectares
Archeological Area Natural environment Lake Massaciuccoli and Music
THE VISIT OF THE OASIS OF MASSACIUCCOLI
Mansio : tavern where travellers on the road between Pisa and Massa could stop and eat
Archeological Area
Roman Villa (1st – 2nd centuries A.D.)
Remains of roman spa bath (1st-2nd centuries A.D.)
Baths consisting in frigidarium , tepidarium and calidarium
Differences between frigidarium and calidarium
The pathways : small wooden walkways suspended over the marsh
What they are
Why they are needed : to make accessible an area not ready for visits
to contemplate the flora and fauna of the lake
Methods of construction in the past and in the present
Problems of the lake
The water is not limpid but brown
Reasons:
Result :
excessive growth of brown weeds
use of chemical substances in the surrounding fields
weeds getting into competition with one another and producing toxic substances
death of fish living in the lake
A more detailed investigation into the problems of the lake
Negative elements :
Negative consequences :
eutrophication of the water
silting up of its bed
algae don’t allow the sun rays to filter through algae reproducing in exponential manner
the process of photosynthesis of marine plants cannot be completed fish disappears because of lack of oxigen and food
Typical flora : sedge and marsh-cane
FLORA
Limited area with varieties of plantlife unique in the marshes of Southern Europe
because of land reclamation part of the Flora and Fauna has been eliminated
166 plant species :
waterlilies
dropwort
marsh cane
yellow iris
fen euphorbia
pink hibiscus
formation of floating islands
Negative aspect :
Typical phenomenon :
Fauna
Penetration from neighbouring environments → changes of the local Fauna
Ideal route for migratory birds passing through or wintering here
Different types of birds :
grey herons
little egret
flamingo
black-winged silt
cormorant ,, ,, , , etc.
osprey
Ducks Pochards
Dun-birds Coots
Priority : delicate ecological balance must be preserved
Museum of the Ecology of the Marshes
Specimen of Gambusia in the Museum of the Ecology of the Marshes A grey heron
Lake Massaciuccoli and Music
Lake also famous for the great musician Giacomo Puccini
He lived in a house on the shores of the lake
Refuge and place of inspiration
Love for hunting ; artist friends
“ …supreme joy, paradise, Eden,spiritual basin, extraordinary sunsets …”
“ I’d like to listen to one of my operas in the open air “
Home to Festival Puccini
1930 La Boheme performed in a temporary theatre on the lake
1966 Open Air Theatre on reclaimed land with the lake in the background
2008 New Grand Open-Air Theatre inaugurated on the 150th anniversary of the birth