The Aglia (French: Ruisseau d'Aglia) is a 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) long stream in the department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, a tributary of the Abatesco.
| Aglia | |
|---|---|
 Pont de Nodu, a former railway bridge, crossing the stream | |
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| Native name | Ruisseau d'Aglia (French) |
| Location | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Corsica |
| Department | Haute-Corse |
| Commune | Serra-di-Fiumorbo |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | East of Punta di Quarcio Grosso |
| • location | Ventiseri |
| • coordinates | 41°57′20″N 9°18′59″E / 41.95561°N 9.31646°E |
| Mouth | Abatesco |
• coordinates | 41°59′02″N 9°23′05″E / 41.98400°N 9.38467°E |
| Length | 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Abatesco→ Tyrrhenian Sea |
History
editSome historians say there may have been a town called Aglia along the stream of that name.[1] The stream gives its name to the prehistoric site of Aglia in Serra-di-Fiumorbo (Sarra di Fiumorbu).[2] When the railway line was being built in 1927 a prehistoric necropolis, known as Aglia, was uncovered at a place called Nodo. It has many tombs, each covered by a curved slab, which are arranged in groups. The skeletons are accompanied by stone axes, arrowheads and spears, and some have arrangements of small multi-colored pebbles and fragments of quartz.[1]
Geography
editThe Aglia is one of the three main tributaries of the Abatesco, the others being the Buva and the Biaccino.[3] It rises in Ventiseri to the east of Punta di Quarcio Grosso, a 1,045 metres (3,428 ft) peak.[4] It flows for 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) through Serra-di-Fiumorbo in a northeast direction to join the Abatesco to the south of Morta. The stream has no named tributaries. It crosses the communes of Prunelli-di-Fiumorbo, Serra-di-Fiumorbo and Ventiseri.[5]
A local road running west from Pont de l'Abatesco to the D545 crosses the stream at Tozzi and then follows it upstream to a point just north of Pont du Nodo where the D545 crosses the stream.[6] The Pont du Nodo was formerly a bridge on the Côte orientale corse railway line, and has particularly well-preserved masonry.
Notes
edit- ^ a b Chiari & Laborde.
- ^ Fium’Orbu Castellu.
- ^ Moretti 2017, p. 7.
- ^ Relation: Ruisseau d'Aglia (10522725).
- ^ Ruisseau d'Aglia Sandre.
- ^ Hausmann & Hausmann 2019, pp. 158–159.
Sources
edit- Chiari, Laurent; Laborde, Mathieu, "Serra-di-Fiumorbo", Médiathèque Culturelle de la Corse et des Corses (in French), Università di Corsica Pasquale Paoli / Collectivité Territoriale de Corse, retrieved 2021-11-22
- "Fium'Orbu Castellu", France, le trésor des régions (in French), retrieved 2021-11-22
- Hausmann, Willi; Hausmann, Kristin (2019), Corse: Mare e Monti - Mare a mare. Toutes les étapes. Avec traces GPS (in French), Bergverlag Rother GmbH, pp. 208 pages, ISBN 9783763349487, retrieved 2021-11-22
- Moretti, Frédéric (2017), Plan de prévention des risques naturels d'inondations des communes de Ghisonaccia, Prunelli di Fiumorbu et Serra di Fiumorbu (PDF) (in French), Departement de la Haute Corse, retrieved 2021-11-22
- "Relation: Ruisseau d'Aglia (10522725)", OpenStreetMap, retrieved 2021-11-22
- "Ruisseau d'Aglia", Sandre (in French), Service d'administration nationale des données et référentiels sur l'eau, retrieved 2021-11-22