Cascate del Serio explained

Alt Name:Cascate del Serio
Cascàde del Sère
Serio Waterfall
Location:Parco regionale delle Alpi Orobie, Valbondione, Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy
Map:Italy Lombardy#Italy North#Italy
Relief:1
Type:Plunges
Height:315m (1,033feet)
Number Drops:3
Average Flow:5,25 m³/s
Elevation:1751m

The Serio Falls (Italian: Cascate del Serio; Lombard: i Cascàde del Sère) are the tallest waterfall in Italy, and the second tallest waterfall in Europe.[1]

Geography

They are located 100 km north of Milan, 50 km from Bergamo, near the village of Valbondione, in the Bergamo Alps (Italian: Alpi Orobie) upper Valle Seriana, Province of Bergamo, in the alpine Lombardy region of Northern Italy.[2] Located at 1751m MAMSL, 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 (Alpi Orobie).[3]

The falls are served by Bergamo Orio Al Serio airport (60 km), Milan-Linate (102 km) and Milan-Malpensa (145 km).

Depictions in culture

The falls were used as a film location of the 2017 movie Call Me By Your Name by Luca Guadagnino.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SERIO WATERFALLS OPENINGS • • Visit Bergamo. Bergamo. Visit. visitbergamo.net. en. 2018-08-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20180816061643/http://www.visitbergamo.net/en/object-details/6756-apertura-cascate-del-serio-2018/. 16 August 2018. dead.
  2. Web site: Cascate del Serio • • Visit Bergamo. Bergamo. Visit. visitbergamo.net. it. 2018-08-15.
  3. Web site: SERIO WATERFALLS OPENINGS • • Visit Bergamo. Bergamo. Visit. visitbergamo.net. en. 2018-08-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20180816061643/http://www.visitbergamo.net/en/object-details/6756-apertura-cascate-del-serio-2018/. 16 August 2018. dead.
  4. News: A Guide to the Enchanting Northern Italian Setting of Call Me by Your Name. Vogue. 2018-08-15. en.