Lake Patria or Lago Patria is the largest coastal

lake A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from ...

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, with an area of 2 km². It is located in the municipality of

Giugliano in Campania Giugliano in Campania (), also known simply as Giugliano, is a city and (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy. A suburb of Naples, as of 2025, it has 124,633 inhabitants, making it the most populated Italian city t ...

, in the ''frazione'' called precisely Lago Patria, and partly in the municipality of

Castel Volturno Castel Volturno () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about northwest of Naples and about west of Caserta on the Volturno river. The town has a population of almost 30,000 residents, ...

, in the province of Caserta. It has a characteristic heart shape. It is the southernmost of the Pontine lakes. At the time of the Latins it was known as Literna Palus and the city of Liternum extended on the south bank. In ancient times, especially before the hydraulic works of the 17th century, it extended further north, with a large marshy area. In fact, the Clanis, which in ancient times flowed into Lake Patria, was artificially irregular and led to flow 9 km further north, to Pinetamare. Today it is fed by modest freshwater streams and some springs, but also by a canal, now cemented, which connects it to the sea and allows the entry of salt water. The surface is located about 4 m above sea level. Lake Patria can be considered a coastal lake due to its position close to the sea, the modest depth (on average 1.5 m) and the salinity of the waters. Lake Patria hosts a rich fauna of marsh birds and the fish fauna is also very differentiated. Since 1999 it has been part of the Foce Volturno - Costa di Licola Nature Reserve, a regional protected area that has merged and enlarged previous protected areas.

Sport

Rowing is regularly practiced on its surface and the Circolo del Remo e della Vela Italia has transferred its structure relating to this sport from its original Neapolitan headquarters in Santa Lucia. In 1963 it hosted the rowing competitions of the IV Mediterranean Games.

References

External links

EUNIS -Site factsheet for Lago di Patria
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