Lake Iseo (also known as Sebino - Lago d'Iseo in Italian) is in the eastern part of Lombardy, Italy.
Lake Iseo is located between the provinces of Bergamo and Brescia, and the main waterway that flows into and out of it is the river Oglio. The upper part of the lake and the western shore are characterized mostly by a small stretch of coastline bordered by mountains, among which the Monte Guglielmo (1,957 m above sea level) between Zone and Marone and Mount Bronzone (1,334 m asl). Characteristic of the upper part of the lake, especially between Riva di Solto and Castro, are the gorges: vertical slabs of rock overhanging the water.
Tourist season spans from May to September.
Thanks to findings in the bottom of the lake, we now know that the area was inhabited in prehistoric times.
During the Roman Empire the area grew in importance and baths were built in Predore and Clusane (the latter remain the only walled arches).
After the descent, in 1161, of Frederick Barbarossa, the area experienced a period of continuous struggle between the Guelphs and Ghibellines.
In 1859, all city-states around the lake's area officially became part of the Kingdom of Sardinia.
From June 18 to July 3, 2016, the Bulgarian-American artist Christo has created a series of floating walkways, The Floating Piers on the waters of Lake Iseo. The installation consisted of about 3 km of 16 m wide floating pontoons consist of cubes of high density extruded polyethylene covered by an orange synthetic fabric. Piers are around 4, the first, half a kilometer long, linking Sulzano and Peschiera, the second, about 1 km from Peschiera headed for the island of San Paolo, but before reaching it branched into two (700 and 250 m) creating a sort of triangle and forming a circumnavigation around the small private island. Christo and his wife Jeanne Claude had first developed this project for the mouth of the Rio de la Plata in Buenos Aires, but the local authorities never granted the necessary permissions. In 1975 it was the turn of Tokyo, but also in this case the Japanese authorities denied permission.
Western shore (from South to North)