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Lake Sassano

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The Lake Sassano is a karstic doline of the Metropolitan City of Bari, in the territory of Conversano. It is located at 182 m a.s.l. west of the town center, in the district named after it. The proximity to the town, in an area otherwise lacking surface watercourses, has long favored human activity in the doline’s habitat, which today appears as a water body that only in the driest years becomes an ephemeral lake. Likely as early as pre-Roman times, during the Apulian settlement of Norba apula, and certainly by at least the 18th century, cisterns made of stone lined with clay mortar were constructed at the bottom of the doline to promote the retention of runoff water. The use of the reservoir for potable and irrigation purposes continued until the construction of the Acquedotto Pugliese in the early 20th century. In more recent times, the openings of the 31 surviving cisterns have been partially protected for safety reasons. Since 2006, Lake Sassano has been part of the Riserva naturale regionale orientata dei Laghi di Conversano e Gravina di Monsignore.

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