Lao
The Lao is a river in southern Italy. It rises in the Lucanian Apennines in Basilicata and drains into the Tyrrhenian Sea near Scalea in Calabria.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Italy
- Also known as: “Lao River” and “Laus”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Laüs and Scalea–Santa Domenica Talao railway station.
Laüs
Archaeological site
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Laüs or Laus was an ancient city on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea. It was at the mouth of the Lao River, which formed the boundary between Lucania and Bruttium in ancient times and gave it its name. Laüs is situated 3 km east of Lao.
Scalea–Santa Domenica Talao railway station
Railway station
Scalea-Santa Domenica Talao is a railway station located on the Salerno-Reggio Calabria line. It serves the towns of Scalea and Santa Domenica Talao. Scalea–Santa Domenica Talao railway station is situated 3½ km north of Lao.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Scalea and Cirella.
Scalea
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Scalea is a resort on the south-western coast of Italy facing the Tyrrhenian Sea in the Golfo del Pollino, on a stretch of coast called "Riviera dei Cedri".
Cirella
Village
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Cirella is a village, which is situated 7 km south of Lao.
San Nicola Arcella
Village
San Nicola Arcella is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. American writer Francis Marion Crawford lived in a coastal tower at San Nicola in the late 19th century. San Nicola Arcella is situated 8 km north of Lao.
Lao
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Italy, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Lao” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “لاو (نهر إيطالي)”
- Arabic: “لاو”
- Asturian: “Ríu ‘Lao”
- Catalan: “Riu Lao”
- Catalan: “Riu Laüs”
- Croatian: “Lao”
- Dutch: “Lao River, Italy”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر لاو”
- Esperanto: “Lao”
- Esperanto: “Rivero Lao”
- Estonian: “Lao jõgi (Itaalia)”
- Estonian: “Lao jõgi”
- German: “Lao”
- Hungarian: “Lao”
- Italian: “Fiume Lao”
- Italian: “Lao”
- Italian: “Mercure”
- Japanese: “ラーオ川”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Elva Lao”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Laino”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Laus”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Laüs”
- Russian: “Лао (река)”
- Russian: “Лао”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lao”
- Spanish: “Rio Lao”
- Spanish: “Río Lao”
- Swedish: “Lao”
- Venetian: “Fiume Lao”
- Welsh: “Afon Lao, Italy”
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Notable Places Nearby
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