capital of a district of the same name, in the province of Basilicata, kingdom of Naples, is situate at the head of a narrow glen, everhung by the heights of Monte Cocuzzo, Monte del Papa, and Monte Sirino. Close beside the town is a battle-field where Regnier, one of Joseph Bonaparte's generals, defeated a detachment of the Neapolitans. Pop. 5000.

Lago Maggiore, or Lake of Locarno (Lacus Verbano), a lake in the north of Italy, touching Lombardy, Piedmont, and the Swiss canton of Ticino. Average breadth 2 miles, length 40 miles. Its basin in some places is of the depth of 438 fathoms, and is fed by the Toce on the W., the Ticino on the N.E., and the Fresa on the E. The chief islands are the Borromean. Merchant-vessels engaged in the timber trade traverse its waters; and steam-packets ply regularly between Magadino and Sesto Calende. The lake abounds in fish, and its shores in fine marble quarries.

Lagoon (Laena, a ditch), the name given to numerous creeks extending along the Adriatic in the government of Venice. In some places they are deep, but generally so shallow as to cause noxious and offensive exhalations. The lagoons are studded with islets, on sixty of which Venice is built. See Venice.