View of Lake Trasimeno from Cortona, Italy

A view of Lake Trasimeno from Cortona with two tourists taking pictures. Cortona is a town and comune in the province of Arezzo, in Tuscany, Italy. It is the main cultural and artistic center of the Val di Chiana after Arezzo. Lake Trasimeno, also referred to as Trasimene or Thrasimene in English, is a lake in the province of Perugia, in the Umbria region of Italy.