Fiumelatte (river)

Fiumelatte
The source
Location
Country	Italy
Physical characteristics
Mouth	Lake Como
• coordinates	46°00′04″N 9°17′30″E / 46.0012°N 9.2917°E / 46.0012; 9.2917
Basin features
Progression	Lake Como→ Adda→ Po→ Adriatic Sea

Fiumelatte is a river in northern Italy. It flows from a cavity in the Grigna into Lake Como, just south of Varenna, it has an approximate length of 250 m (820 ft). The name Fiumelatte, composed from fiume (Italian for "river") and latte ("milk"), is due to the milky white color of its water. Leonardo da Vinci while staying in Lierna studied it for a long time and mentions it in his Atlantic Codex. In the 1600s the sons of the high nobility had to visit it as part of the Grand Tour to form their culture.^[1]