Image Smoky Hills Wind Farm.jpg right thumb The Smoky Hills Wind Farm as seen from Interstate 70. The Smoky Hills Wind Farm Phase I is a 100.8 megawatt MW wind farm in Lincoln County, Kansas Lincoln and Ellsworth County, Kansas Ellsworth Counties , 140 miles west of Topeka in Kansas , north of Ellsworth, Kansas Ellsworth . The farm is operated by Enel Green Power . ref Cite web url http www.enelgreenpower.com en GB plants projects smoky hills title Wind the 155 wind turbines at Smoky Hills publisher Enel Green Power accessdate 2010 11 04 ref Highway K 14 Kansas highway K 14 and Interstate 70 pass through parts of the wind farm, with clear views of many of the wind turbines. ref name carpenter 2007 Cite web url http www.cjonline.com stories 100707 loc 206025299.shtml title Energy farms are increasingly dotting Kansas landscape first Tim last Carpenter publisher The Topeka Capital Journal date 2007 08 07 accessdate 2009 01 02 ref The project uses 56 Vestas V80 1.8 MW wind turbines ref name awea projects kansas and produces enough electricity to power some 37,000 average Kansas homes annually. ref name smoky hills I open Cite web url http www.renewableenergyworld.com rea news story?id 51677 title Smoky Hills I Wind Farm Open publisher Renewable Energy World date 2008 02 27 accessdate 2009 01 01 ref as of 2008 11 19 , phase II is under construction with 99 GE 1.5 MW wind turbine s for an additional 148.5 MW, ref name awea projects kansas Cite web url http www.awea.org projects Projects.aspx?s Kansas title U.S. Wind Energy Projects Kansas publisher American Wind Energy Association date 2008 11 19 accessdate 2009 01 01 Dead link date November 2010 bot H3llBot ref to bring the total nameplate capacity to 249.3 MW. ref Cite web url http www.redorbit.com news business 1271826 enel completes smoky hills wind project in kansas index.html title Enel Completes Smoky Hills Wind Project in Kansas publisher RedOrbit date 2008 02 27 accessdate 2009 01 01 ref gallery widths 250px cap ... more details
Image Tino Petrelli.jpg thumb right 200px Petrelli at work during the flood in Polesine in 1951 Valentino Petrelli Fontanafredda , Province of Pordenone , 1922 Piacenza , September 8, 2001 , better known as Tino , was an Italian photographer, well known for his documentary photography . At the age of 12 he moved to Milan and in 1937 he started to work for Publifoto as a office boy, but at the age of 16 he started to work as photographer. He covered Italy under fascist rule, the war and reconstruction, as well as the economic boom in the 1960s and the social conflicts in the 1970s. ref name enel it icon http www.undo.net cgi bin undo pressrelease pressrelease.pl?id 1001435897&day 1001109600 Tino Petrelli fotografo. Il lavoro nell Italia che cambia 1945 1970 , Ex Centrale Enel, press release, September 22, 2001 ref In 1948 he made a famous series of documentary photographs, showing the misery, exclusion and hunger of the people of Africo in the Aspromonte in Calabria . The series was published in the magazine L Europeo , jointly with an article, entitled Africo, symbol of disparity , by the journalist Tommaso Besozzi . ref name besozzi it icon http www.africo.net contenuti ritagli di giornale.asp art4 Africo, emblema della disperazione , by Tommaso Besozzi, L Europeo Nr. 12, March 1948 ref The pictures produced an outrage from national public opinion which, at the time, was rediscovering the dramatic situation of the Southern Italy autonomist movements The southern problem southern question . ref name teti Food and Fatness in Calabria , by Vito Teti, in http books.google.nl books?id bs0A5FGkTtsC Social Aspects of Obesity , edited by I. de Garine and Nancy J. Pollock, Routledge, 1995, ISBN 2 88449 186 4 ref In 1951, he documented the flooding of the Polesine , which compelled 150,000 people to evacuate the entire area between the lower courses of the Adige and the Po River Po rivers. ref name enel References reflist External links it icon http www.lombardiabenicultural ... more details
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. The firm, a majority owned subsidiary of the Italy Italian utility company Enel , has 10 million ... Endesa was the target of rival takeover bids by Germany s E.On and the Italian firm Enel . Despite ... SNET , Endesa Italia and Enel s Viesgo were amongst the business units ultimately sold off to E.On. ref name indie Acciona and Enel succeeded in their joint bid to acquire Endesa in October 2007 ... title EU clears Enel Acciona bid for Endesa last Lawsky first David coauthors Schomberg ... 25.01 Acciona and 67.05 Enel as a result of their 100 takeover bid launched on Endesa, with the remaining ... holding company which held 50.01 of Endesa s share capital, but in February 2009 Enel agreed ... www.reuters.com article rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews idUSALO07560220090220 title Enel in deal ... one of the tallest chimneys in Europe built in 1974. Enel Endesa Chile References Reflist External links ... more details
ref Represented Wind Telecomunicazioni SpA, a subsidiary of Enel SpA, in its 12.1 billion sale ... billion acquisition of Eurogen from Enel SpA in 2002. External links http www.chiomenti.net Chiomenti ... more details
ref In July 2010, Diawara signed with New Basket Brindisi Enel Brindisi in Italy . ref http www.sportando.net eng italy seriea 11606 yakhouba diawara inks with enel brindisi.html Yakhouba Diawara inks with Enel Brindisi ref For the 2011 12 season he signed a one year deal with Pallacanestro Varese ... more details
BLP sources date November 2010 Paolo Scaroni , born on 28 November 1946 in Vicenza , Italy , is chief executive officer of Italian energy company Eni Eni SpA . ref name eni cite news url http www.eni.com en IT company organisation chart chief executive officer paolo scaroni chief executive.shtml title Paolo Scaroni, Chief Executive Officer publisher Eni accessdate 2010 11 07 ref Education In 1969, Scaroni graduated from Bocconi University of Milan in the field of economics. In 1973 he obtained an MBA from Columbia Business School . ref name eni Career In 1969, Scaroni joined Chevron Corporation for three years. After obtaining MBA, Scaroni was an associate at McKinsey & Company . In 1973, he joined Saint Gobain , where he held different positions, culminating with his appointment as president of flat glass division. In 1985, he was appointed to the post of CEO of Techint . In 1996, he moved to the United Kingdom to become Chief Executive Officer of Pilkington . ref name eni ref name bio From May 2002 to May 2005 he served as CEO of Enel , Italy s leading electricity company. ref name eni At Enel, Scaroni made a real breakthrough by abandoning the traditional multi utility corporate model, supported by his predecessor Franco Tat , in favour of placing greater focus on the core energy business. Under his mandate, Enel created a separate wind energy unit and the discontinued the roll out of the Enel S branded franchise. Citation needed date November 2010 In 2005, he was chairman of Alliance Unichem before taking over the position of CEO of Eni in 2006. ref name eni ref name bio Scaroni is non executive director of Assicurazioni Generali , non executive deputy chairman of London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange Group , and non executive director of Veolia Environnement . ref name bio cite news url http www.eni.com enifoundation documenti Paolo Scaroni ENG.pdf title CV of Paolo Scaroni format PDF publisher Eni accessdate 2010 11 07 ref Social activities From 1997 to ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2009 Arnaldo Maria Angelini 1909 1999 was an Italian scientist, known for contributions in the development of nuclear generating stations as well as hydro and pumped hydro stations, and the improvement of Italy s transmission and distribution systems. He worked for ENEL 1963 79 , was a member of the Accademia dei Lincei and Emeritus Professor at the University of Rome Disambiguation needed date June 2011 . Publications Elettrotecnica Euroma La Golardiaca, 1976 Linee di sviluppo nella utilizzazione della energia solare Accademia dei Lincei, 1979 lang it L energia elettrica nello sviluppo dell industria ternana ed al servizio del paese Thyrus, 1985 Prizes 1976 National Academy of Engineering inductee 1986 IEEE Simon Ramo Medal 1989 IEEE Ernst Weber Engineering Leadership Award Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Angelini, Arnaldo Maria ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1909 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 2002 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Angelini, Arnaldo Maria Category Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering Category Italian engineers Category Italian scientists Category 1909 births Category 2002 deaths ... more details
Paolo Andrea Colombo April 12, 1960, Milan is an Italian business executive. In May 2011, he was appointed president of Enel alongside CEO Fulvio Conti . Since 1989 Colombo was a Professor of Accounting and Budget at the University of Bocconi in Milan, the same institute that awarded him with his Degree with Honors in Business Administration in 1984. As an accountant and auditor, throughout his career, Paolo Andrea Colombo was held roles as the Director of many important operating companies in different areas of the market including Saipem, Pirelli Pneumatici, Publitalia 80, RCS Mediagroup, Telecom Italia Mobile , Eni , and Sias. He is a founding member of Borghesi Colombo & Associati, a financial management consultancy firm with clients in Italy and abroad, active since 2006. He is also currently president of the GE Capital Interbanca supervisory board, of Aviva Vita and a member of the Board of Directors for Mediaset and Versace . References http www.enel.com en GB group governance board chairman biography.aspx?it 3 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Colombo, Paolo Andrea ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Businessman DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1960 PLACE OF BIRTH Milan, Italy DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Colombo, Paolo Andrea Category 1960 births Category Living people Category Italian businesspeople Category People from Milan Italy business bio stub it Paolo Andrea Colombo ... more details
1998 10 15 accessdate 2008 03 16 ref In 2002, the Italian power company Enel joined the project in 2006 Enel acquired Entergy s stake. ref name sofia3 ref name sofia7 cite news url http www.sofiaecho.com ... by Energiina Kompaniya Maritsa Iztok 3 AD, a joint venture of Enel 73 and NEK 27 . ref name ... 2008 03 16 ref Enel is planning to invest in a new 700 800 MW coal fired power plant next to the existing ... Enel Ready to Quickly Build New Power Plant in Bulgaria.html title Italy s Enel Ready to Quickly ... of a new 700 MW plant in the Maritsa Iztok basin. ref name pdi In addition to Enel ... 2 power station Bulgarian http www.me3power.com Maritsa Iztok 3 ENEL power station Power stations ... more details
Infobox power station image Montalto di Castro plant.jpg image caption The NPP on the lef side, right the Steam Power Plant Alessandro Volta name Montalto di Castro Nuclear Power Plant location map Italy country Italy lat d 42 lat m 21 lat s 31.68 lat NS N long d 11 long m 31 long s 53.04 long EW E coordinates type dim 1000 scale 10000 region IT type landmark source dewiki coordinates display title owner Enel operator Enel construction began 1 July 1982 reactors cancel mw 2 x 1009 MW installed capacity 2018 status M The Montalto di Castro nuclear power station was a nuclear power plant at Montalto di Castro in Italy . Consisting of two BWR units each of 982 MWe, it was approaching completion in 1988 when the Italian government decided to close all nuclear plants. It never operated. Reactor data The nuclear power plant has two units div style overflow auto class wikitable style width 100 style width 15 background CFCFCF Unit style width 21 background CFCFCF Reactortype style width 10 background CFCFCF Net br capacity style width 10 background CFCFCF Gross br capacity style width 11 background CFCFCF Start of construction style width 11 background CFCFCF Mothballed Montalto di Castro 1 ref http www.iaea.org cgi bin db.page.pl pris.prdeta.htm?country IT&refno 7 Montalto di Castro 1 on the PRIS of the IAEA ref Boiling water reactor align right 982 MW align right 1009 MW align right 1 July 1982 align right 1 January 1988 Montalto di Castro 2 ref http www.iaea.org cgi bin db.page.pl pris.prdeta.htm?country IT&refno 9 Montalto di Castro 2 on the PRIS of the IAEA ref Boiling water reactor align right 982 MW align right 1009 MW align right 1 July 1982 align right 1 July 1988 div References reflist External links http world nuclear.org info inf101.html Nuclear power in Italy at the World Nuclear Association WNA site. Hidden Nuclear Power Plants in Italy Category Nuclear power stations using boiling water reactors Category Uncompleted nuclear reactors Categ ... more details
File Fulvio Conti.jpg thumb Fulvio Conti in 2009 Fulvio Conti born Rome, 1947 is an italian manager. He joined Enel in 1999 as Chief Financial Officer. As CEO he finalized the acquisition of the Slovak utility, Slovenkse Elektrarne and he successfully achieved the takeover of Endesa , the leading power company in Spain and Latin America as well as the takeover of the Russian power company OGK 5. He started his career at Mobil Oil where, in 1989, was appointed Chief Financial Officer at Mobil Oil Europe in London . In 1991 he headed the Administration Finance and Control for Europe at the American company Campbell . One year later he came back to Italy as Chief Financial Officer at Montecatini and in 1993 , he joined the Parent company Montedison Compart. In 1996 he was appointed General Director as well as Chief Financial Officer at Ferrovie dello Stato , the Italian Railways company. In 1998 he joined Telecom Italia as General Director and Board Member of TIM and other major companies of the Group. He also had the position of Chief Financial Officer. He has a Degree in Economics at La Sapienza University, Rome . In 2007 he was awarded with the Doctor Honoris Causa degree in Electrical Engineering, from Genoa University. He is a lecturer of Corporate Finance at the MBA , School of Economics of the LUISS University , Rome . In May 2009 he was appointed Cavaliere del Lavoro of the Italian Republic and in December of the same year he became Officier de la L gion d Honneur of the French Republic . He sits in the Board of Directors of the UK financial services Group Barclays plc, the US insurance Group AON and of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia. He is Chairman of EURELECTRIC and deputy Chairman of Endesa . He is Chief Executive Officer and General Director of Enel since 2005 . References http www.enel.com en GB group board ceo gm Reflist Barclays Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Conti, Fulvio ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1947 ... more details
. Their skin colour was probably pale to light brown. Citation needed date May 2011 Kings Enel Middle earth Enel and Enely Elw First True King Dior Middle earth Dior , grandson of Elw Olw King of the Falmari ... more details
Enel for a combined 112 million. ref cite web url http www.adevarul.ro financiar Compania Enel Electrica Banat Dobrogea 0 67794513.html title Compania italiana Enel a cumparat Electrica Banat si Electrica ... branches, for 820 million. ref cite web url http www.businessmagazin.ro actualitate enel electrica muntenia sud 1006151 title Enel Electrica Muntenia Sud accessdate September 1, 2010 publisher Business ... more details
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Unreferenced date August 2010 Expand Italian topic sport date August 2010 New Basket Brindisi Infobox Basketball club color1 white color2 blue name New Basket Brindisi nickname logo New Basket Brindisi logo.jpg imagesize 150px leagues Serie A basketball Lega Serie A founded 1992 history 1950 Present arena PalaPentassuglia br 3,523 seats location Brindisi , Italy colors Blue and White br color box blue color box white president Antonio Corliano coach flagicon Italy Piero Bucchi championships LegADue 1 br 2010 website http www.newbasketbrindisi.it newbasketbrindisi.it h body FFFFFF h pattern b thinbluesides h shorts 0000FF h pattern s blanksides2 a body 0000FF a pattern b whitesides a shorts 0000FF a pattern s whitesides New Basket Enel Brindisi , also known as Enel Brindisi for sponsorship reason, is a professional Italian team playing in first Italian division Serie A Italian League . It plays its matches at PalaPentassuglia 3,523 seats, restored in 2010 in the city of Brindisi Puglia Region . Enel Brindisi returned in Serie A after 28 years last season was 1982 1983 , played in the minor leagues. For 2011 2012 season will play in second italian league History The basketball was born in Brindisi in the 50s with the great Italian coach Elio Pentassuglia. The first participation in the league was in 1974 with Libertas. Then in 1980 another with Bartolini Brindisi, team where played for the Americans Otis Howard , Rich Yonakor , Cliff Pondexter and coach Rudy D Amico . After many years in the minor leagues in recent years the entrepreneur Massimo Ferrarese acquired the team with Antonio Corliano , winning three championships and in 2010 bringing the city of Brindisi in the Italian major league. 2011 2012 roster style border 0px solid 0000ff cellspacing 3 flagicon USA Alex Renfroe basketball Alex Renfroe Point guard PG flagicon USA flagicon ITA Craig Callahan Power Forward basketball PF flagicon ITA Matteo Formenti Guard G Disambiguation needed date November 2011 flagic ... more details
Tordino is a river flowing in the province of Teramo , in the Abruzzo region of Italy . In Ancient Rome Roman times it was known as Batinus . The source of the Tordino is located between Mount Gorzano and Pelone. After a course of 58 kilometers, it flows into the Adriatic Sea . The river initially flows in a torrent to the east through the Gran Sasso National Park , then directs to the north around Mount Bilanciere before finally flowing in a south easterly direction. Near its source, the Tordino forms the Fiumata cascades and, a bit further along, the Tordino cascades. It then passes through Padula Cortino Padula and Caiano, frazione frazioni of the comune of Cortino . Watermills and olive oil presses are located in the higher elevations. The town of Teramo is located at the junction where the Tordino meets the Vezzola river. The mouth of the rivers is in the town of Giulianova . The Tordino river basin covers an area of approximately 453 square kilometers 175 mi . Tributaries on the left bank of the Tordino include the protective irrigation drain known as the Cavata including three terraces and their associated cascades near the source of the Tordino , the Rivettino, the Castiglione, the Rivoletto, the Rio Verde, the large ditch known as The Inferno, the 9 kilometer 6 mi long Fiumicino stream, and the Vezzola river. A large portion of the water of the Vezzola which begins near the town of Rocca Santa Maria , has a length of 19 kilometers 12 mi , and passes through the Torricella Sicura community is used by the ENEL Ente Nazionale per l Energia Elettrica utility company to produce electricity. Tributaries on the right bank of the Tordino include the Movese and Elce irrigation drains. Also located on the side is a stream known as the Fiumicello, this being formed by the watershed from the slopes of Mount Bilanciere. coord 42 44 N 13 59 E display title region IT type river source GNS enwiki Category Rivers of the Province of Teramo de Tordino es R o To ... more details
Infobox Italian comune name Suvereto official name Comune di Suvereto native name image skyline imagesize image alt image caption image shield shield alt image map map alt map caption pushpin label position pushpin map alt latd 43 latm 5 lats latNS N longd 10 longm 41 longs longEW E coordinates type type city 2,948 region IT coordinates display title coordinates footnotes region Tuscany province Province of Livorno Livorno LI frazioni mayor party mayor Giampaolo Pioli area footnotes area total km2 92.9 population footnotes population total 3007 population as of 31 December 2006 pop density footnotes population demonym Suveratani elevation footnotes elevation m 90 twin1 twin1 country saint Santa Croce day May 3 postal code 57028 area code 0565 website official http www.comune.suvereto.li.it footnotes Suvereto is a comune municipality in the Province of Livorno in the Italy Italian region Tuscany , located about 90 km southwest of Florence and about 60 km southeast of Livorno . Technological sites Static inverter plant of HVDC HVDC Italy Corsica Sardinia SACOI , the HVDC power cable connecting the power grids of Corse and Sardinia with the grid of the Italian mainland. Research centre for switchyards of ENEL, including an experimental 3 kilometre long powerline to Valdicciola, which is partly built as underground cable Province of Livorno Category Cities and towns in Tuscany Tuscany geo stub bcl Suvereto bg de Suvereto es Suvereto eo Suvereto fr Suvereto it Suvereto la Suberetum lmo Suvereto nl Suvereto ja nap Suvereto no Suvereto pms Suvereto pl Suvereto pt Suvereto ru tl Suvereto roa tara Suvereto uk vi Suvereto vo Suvereto war Suvereto ... more details
Cleanup date April 2009 The Proprietors of Locks and Canals on the Merrimack River is a limited liability corporation founded on June 27, 1792 ref http www.middlesexcanal.org towpath towpathtopicsNov1967.htm ref , making it one of the oldest corporations in the United States . The company was founded for the purpose of constructing a transportation canal around the Pawtucket Falls Massachusetts Pawtucket Falls on the Merrimack River in what is today Lowell, Massachusetts . Over a mile long with four lock chambers, the canal was finished in 1796. Although the canal allowed for lumber and other goods to be transmitted from New Hampshire to the shipyards of Newburyport, Massachusetts Newburyport , the competing Middlesex Canal , a direct route to Boston, Massachusetts Boston , opened just ten years later, ruining the Pawtucket s business. In 1821, The Boston Manufacturing Company of Waltham, Massachusetts , purchased the charter of the Proprietors of Locks and Canals, incorporated it into the new Merrimack Manufacturing Company , and widened and deepened the Pawtucket Canal. This allowed them to use it for hydropower purposes. In 1825, the canal company was reorganized again and separated from the Merrimack Manufacturing Company, under the leadership of Kirk Boott . This allowed the city of Lowell to grow quickly, as many other manufacturing corporations were founded in Lowell to take advantage of the waterpower sold by the Proprietors of Locks and Canals. In the mid 19th century, the company was under the leadership of James B. Francis , inventor of the Francis Turbine , after he took over when George Washington Whistler left to work on Russia s railway system ref http library.uml.edu clh Locks.Html ref . The company still exists today, housed in the same building as Boott Hydropower a division of Italian power company Enel ref http www.enel.it northAmerica boott.asp ref , which has a small hydroelectricity power plant on the Northern Canal in Lowell. References refli ... more details
br 5,247,887 20.3 colspan 4 style text align center line height 80 ENEL nuclear plants abroad This referendum asked to abolish the authorization for ENEL to build nuclear power plants outside Italy. Italian ... more details
Infobox company name Nuclearelectrica logo caption type State owned traded as fate predecessor successor foundation Start date 1998 founder defunct End date YYYY MM DD location city Bucharest location country Romania location locations area served key people Theodor Chirica CEO industry Electricity products services revenue US 564 million 2007 operating income net income assets equity owner num employees 2,500 2007 parent divisions subsid homepage URL www.nuclearelectrica.ro footnotes intl Nuclearelectrica is a state owned company, its shares being held by the Ministry of Economy and Commerce Romania Ministry of Economy and Commerce , which has as main objective power generation with the only nuclear power plant in Romania . Nuclearelectrica owns the Cernavod Nuclear Power Plant which has 2 reactors and a total installed capacity of 1,400 Watt Megawatt MW and an annual average power production of 5.613 GWh meaning 18 of the total national output of Romania . The company is also undergoing negotiations for the construction of the 3 and 4 units at Cernavod Nuclear Power Plant , project expected to cost around US 3.5 billion. On 7 March 2008, Nuclearelectrica, ArcelorMittal , CEZ Group CEZ , Electrabel , Enel , Iberdrola and RWE agreed to set up a company dedicated to the completion, commissioning and operation of the units 3 and 4. The company is expected to be registered in May 2008. ref name wnn1 cite news url http www.world nuclear news.com NN Draft agreement finalized for Romanian reactors 070308.html title Draft agreement finalized for Romanian reactors publisher World Nuclear News date 2008 03 07 accessdate 2008 03 07 ref References Reflist See also Official www.nuclearelectrica.ro Use dmy dates date December 2011 Category Power companies of Romania Category Nuclear power companies Energy company stub Romania stub Europe company stub Nuclear energy stub ro Nuclearelectrica ... more details
Coord 46 03 42 N 10 02 11 E region IT type waterbody display title Image Cascatedelserio.JPG thumb The impressive jump of Cascate del Serio. Image CascataSerio2.jpg thumb right The Orobic Alps surrounding the waterfalls The Serio Falls lang it Cascate del Serio are the tallest waterfall in Italy , and one of the major ones in Europe. They are located approximately 100 km from Milan , near the village of Valbondione , in the upper Valle Seriana , Province of Bergamo , Lombardy , Northern Italy. The falls are composed of three main steps, respectively 166, 74 and 75 metres tall taken together the falls have a drop of 315 m more than 1000 ft . The falls are formed by the Serio River , at a short distance from its source in the Bergamo Alps . History The waterfalls were closed in 1931 when the Barbellino Dam was constructed, forming the reservoir known as the Lago di Barbellino they were only re opened in 1969. Since 1969 they have normally been opened four or five days annually, thanks to an agreement between the comune commune of Valbondione and ENEL , the National Electric Energy Corporation. Between 1975 and 1977 the falls were permanently open due to dam restoration works. Legend A legend narrates that a lady in the village loved a shepherd, and she was jealous about his fiancee, so she captured her and closed her in a castle. The poor girl began to cry, and the flood of tears was transformed into the torrent stream torrents that create the falls. Opening days 2009 Opening days for 2009 are 21st June 11.00 am to 11.30 am 18th July 9.30 pm to 10.00 pm 23rd August 11.00 am to 11.30 am 20th September 11.00 am to 11.30 am External links http www.vivisulserio.it Valle Seriana portal , with the opening dates of the falls Category Waterfalls of Lombardy Category Province of Bergamo ar it Cascate del Serio ... more details
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