Overview
Lake Viverone is the largest and most touristic of the lakes of the Ivrea moraine amphitheatre, a fascinating area of water and hills of glacial origin. Mainly frequented for its beaches, as well as for water sports in fine weather, this stretch of water is actually worth a trip at any time of the year, not only for a stroll along its lush shores, but also to admire the prehistoric pile dwellings that have been found around the municipality of Azeglio.
In fact, among the reeds, poplar groves and marshes on the southern shore of Lake Viverone, you can see what remains of about 5,000 wooden poles, driven into the lake water during the Bronze Age, to build primitive dwellings and pedestrian platforms on top of them. Since 2011, Unesco has protected the Azeglio pile dwellings together with other prehistoric pile-dwelling sites in the Alps.
Lago di Viverone, Italia
