Vittoriale degli Italiani
The Vittoriale degli Italiani is a complex of buildings, streets, squares, an outdoor theater, gardens and waterways erected since 1921, in Gardone Riviera on the shores of Lake Garda by Gabriele d’Annunzio with the help of architect Gian Carlo Maroni, in memory of “inimitable life” of the poet-soldier and the enterprises of the Italians during […]
Isola del Garda
The island is located on the Brescia shore of Lake Garda, a few arms of water from San Felice del Benaco. Over the centuries the island of Garda, currently owned by the Cavazza family, had various names almost always linked to different owners: insula Cranie, island of the Friars, island Lechi, island Scotti, island de […]
MuSa
The MuSa, Museo di Salò, was inaugurated in June 2015 and through the collections, the layout and even more through the initiatives that make it a living place of culture, it aims to be a place in which to collect, interpret, and communicate to the community and to those who visit Salò and Lake Garda, […]
Castello Scaligero di Sirmione
The Fortress, built in 1278 by Mastino I della Scala lord of Verona, probably on the remains of a Roman fortification. Thanks to its territorial position on the border, it becomes the focal point of the Scaliger system of defense and control of the Garda’s chessboard and its dock, still in perfect condition, is a […]
Grotte di Catullo
At the end of the peninsula of Sirmione, in an exceptional panoramic position, there are the remains of one of the largest Roman villas in northern Italy. Since the Renaissance the structures have been called “Grotte di Catullo” to indicate the collapsed rooms, covered by vegetation, within which you could enter as natural cavities. The […]
Heller Garden
The botanical garden bought by Andrè Heller to become a center of ecological consciousness houses several works of art donated or commissioned by the Austrian artist. Many elements lead back to different traditions and spirituality: Buddhist and Tibetan symbols, Hindu statues like the Great Ganesh by Rudolph Hirt, elephant-god of fortune and wisdom, patron of […]
The Paper Museum
The Polo Cartario di Maina Inferiore is a fascinating production complex transformed into an exhibition and museum venue. Its interior traces the stages in the history of paper production from its origins to the 20th century, through an evocative tour that from the 16th-century core of the factory, in which machinery and equipment characteristic of […]
Valle delle Cartiere
Home to a manufacturing tradition that began in the 14th century, a papermaking hub of primary importance in the territories of the Venetian Republic between the 15th and 18th centuries, and the terrain of original entrepreneurial events between the 19th and 20th centuries, the Valley of the Toscolano Maderno Paper Mills has preserved impressive evidence […]
Botanical garden
Opened by Dr. G. Ghirardi in 1964, it covers about 10,000 square meters. Ghirardi, thanks to the mild climate, was able to introduce many species from China, South America and South Africa. In 1991 it was donated to the University of Milan and is managed by the Department of Biology. Plants of various origins, chosen […]
Basilica di Sant’Andrea
The church of St. Andrew, presumably built on an ancient pagan temple using reused Roman materials, dates from the 12th century. The basilica is one of the most admirable examples of Romanesque-Lombard architecture with Veronese influences: the facade is made of polychrome stone and marble, giving it luminosity and movement. The interior is divided into […]
