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There are three islands in the lake.
The second largest, Isola Maggiore, is the only inhabited one.
The small fishing village, which reached its height in the 14th century, today has only around thirty residents.
Most of the buildings, including the ruins of a Franciscan monastery, date from the 1300s.
The largest of these isles is Isola Polvese, almost 1 km².
Maggiore is a 'hill', while Polvese is a more complex structure with planes and hills (Minore is a sort of sloped table).
It is now uninhabited, but in the past there was a village with over 500 residents.
Many centuries ago, there was a castle with a pentagonal structure near the shore, and a Olivetan monastery.
The castle still remains and the ruins of the church and the monastery almost totally preserved, despite the abandonment in the 17th century, due to bad climate and malaria.
The malaria was finally eradicated only in the 1950s.
There were other problems as well, since Trasimeno was fought over by Chiusi, Panicale, Perugia and Florence.
Florentine troops demolished Polvese in the 17th century, which started its decline, until by the 19th century there was only a caretaker.
Of the many houses, nothing remains.
Minore Isle, near Maggiore, is now uninhabited, totally covered by local vegetation except a little anchorage.
In ancient times, there was a separation between the two communities, because Polvese was far away from Maggiore-Minore.
It is said that the two communities fought against each other.
But the real problems were from the regional 'powers' that fought over this lake for centuries.
The fishing in the lake used a particular technique called 'Tuoro' or 'pesca da tuori', a very complex system that consisted of a wooden trap in the water and a circular structure to hold the net around it.
The nets trapped the fishes and they were brought to the village to be dried.
This system worked with a high water level, but was abandoned when the level dropped.
A mock up of this system was built several years ago near Polvese Isle's port.
Source: CIA Factbook, Wikipedia
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