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The island Maggiore is one of the three present islands in the lake Trasimeno, 35 they are the people that live it, it is connected with the dry land from a service of ferries. The inhabited center is found in the western part of the island, it develops him from the small dock to a principal street on which lean out the few residences of the residents. The vegetation is luxuriant, there are olives, holm oak, poplars, pines and cypresses. In 1328 it were built on the island a church and a convent for the Franciscan monks. Today the economy of the island founds on the fishing and on the tourism. The street William it is the principal road of the country, entirely paved in red bricks. Despite its name the island Maggiore is not the greatest of the lake Trasimeno, in fact the widest is the island of Polvese.
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