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Aglia (Abatesco)

Aglia
Pont de Nodu, a former railway bridge, crossing the stream
Aglia (Abatesco) is located in Corsica
Aglia (Abatesco)
Native nameRuisseau d'Aglia (French)
Location
CountryFrance
RegionCorsica
DepartmentHaute-Corse
CommuneSerra-di-Fiumorbo
Physical characteristics
SourceEast of Punta di Quarcio Grosso
 • locationVentiseri
 • coordinates41°57′20″N 9°18′59″E / 41.95561°N 9.31646°E / 41.95561; 9.31646
MouthAbatesco
 • coordinates
41°59′02″N 9°23′05″E / 41.98400°N 9.38467°E / 41.98400; 9.38467
Length9 kilometres (5.6 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionAbatescoTyrrhenian Sea

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.

History

Some 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

The 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.

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