Lago di Santa Rosalia
lake in Sicily
Lago di Santa Rosalia is an artificial lake in the Province of Ragusa, Sicily, Italy. The Lago di Santa Rosalia is the only lake of the province of Ragusa.
Dam
The lake was created following the completion of building works of a dam 57,10m tall along the higher part of the course of the river Irminio, between the towns of Ragusa and Giarratana. Works started the 10 November 1976 and were completed in 1983. The water reservoir was created for agricultural use but is also used for recreational fishing.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Lago di Santa Rosalia” is lake in Sicily. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Lago, Santa and Rosalia, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “lake in Sicily” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q782685. Authority coordinates are 36.975, 14.776. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1976 and 1983.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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This entry incorporates text from “Lago di Santa Rosalia” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.