Lake Misurina
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Lake Misurina (Italian: Lago di Misurina; Cadorino dialect: Lago de Meśorìna) is the largest natural lake of the Cadore. it sits 1,754 m above sea level, near Auronzo di Cadore (Belluno). The lake's perimeter is 2.6 km long, while the maximum depth is 5 m.
Near the lake some ten hotels accommodate around 500 guests.
The climatic characteristics around the lake make particularly good air for people with respiratory diseases. Near the lake is the only center in Italy for the care of childhood asthma, housed in the Grand Hotel Misurina.
The lake was the theme of a song by Claudio Baglioni. Lake Misurina is the theme of the theatrical representation of the Longane di Lozzo.
Lake Misurina hosted the speed skating events during the 1956 Winter Olympics of Cortina d'Ampezzo – the last time Olympic speed skating events were held on natural ice.
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