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Marmore Falls (Cascata delle Marmore).
Last stamp in a set of 4, issued on 17.04.1999.
Face value: 800 Italian lire / 0.41 euro.
Design and engraving: Pietro Nicolò Arghittu (b. 1946).
Printed by I.P.Z.S. (Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato), Roma. 
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 3,000,000 copies.
Size: 40 x 30 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 2628.
- Sassone No. 2409.
- Scott No. 2284.
- StampWorld No. 2606.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 2551.
- Unificato No. 2445.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 2361.

The Marmore Falls (Cascata delle Marmore) is a man-made waterfall created by the ancient Romans. Its total height is 165 m (541 ft), making it the tallest man-made waterfall in the world. Of its three sections, the top one is the tallest, at 83 m (272 ft). It is located 7.7 km (4.78 mi) from Terni, in the Umbria region. Its source is a portion of the waters of the river Velino (the rest of the river flows into a hydroelectric power plant), after flowing through Piediluco lake near the community of Marmore. It pours into the valley below formed by the river Nera. 

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Thanks to Vairo Gregori for his contribution (https://ternifil.org/).