| Desenzano del Garda | ||
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| State | Italy | |
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| Region | Lombardy | |
| Territory | Lake Garda | |
| Altitude | 67 m a.s.l. | |
| Surface | 60.10 km² | |
| Inhabitants | 27 437 (2011) | |
| Name inhabitants | desenzanesi | |
| Prefix tel | 39 030 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 25015 | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 | |
| Patron | Saint Angela Merici | |
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Desenzano del Garda is a city of Brescia located on the southern bank of the Lake Garda.
To know
Geographical notes
The main center stands on the banks of the Lake Garda at the foot of the first hills of the morainic hills of the high Mantua.
The municipality is made up of two other hamlets:
- Rivoltella del Garda, also located on the shores of the lake and which forms a whole with Desenzano after the urban development of the fifties and sixties of the twentieth century;
- San Martino della Battaglia, village located on a hilly relief; the name derives from the battle of the second Italian war of independence held in 1859 between the Franco-Piedmontese army and the Austrian empire.
There are also numerous places in the hinterland: Calvata-Conta, Centenaro, Colombare di Castiglione, Grole, Lavagnone, Menasasso, Montonale Alto, Montonale Basso, Porte Rosse, San Pietro, Vaccarolo, Venga-Bertan.
The municipality borders to the north (with the border placed entirely on the lake) with Padenghe sul Garda, west and southwest with Lonato del Garda, southeast with Pozzolengo, to the east (for a short distance) with Peschiera del Garda, and therefore with the province of Verona, and to the northeast with Sirmione.
When to go
Mainly in the summer season. Thanks to the mild climate of Lake Garda, excursions are possible all year round, especially on weekends.
Background
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At the Lavagnone locality traces of prehistoric pile-dwelling settlements belonging to the Polada culture have been found. Desenzano was a Roman center, testified by the remains of the Roman villa and was Christianized thanks to the works of San Zeno da Verona.
In the Middle Ages it remained religiously linked to the Veronese, with the donation by the Emperor Carlomanno of the lands of Desenzano to the monastery of San Zeno in Verona, and civilly to Brescia, after the investiture of Henry VI to the municipality of Brescia.
Under the dominion of the republic of Venice (1426-1797), Desenzano became part of the Riviera di Salò. It became an important commercial center thanks to the grain market, a commercial point of reference not only for the Riviera, but for the whole lake, Valsabbia and Mantua. In the sixteenth century, with the foundation of the Academy it also became an important cultural center. In the same period, despite the war devastation of the war in Ferrara and that of the Spanish succession, the city enjoyed a certain economic development which resulted in the construction of the parish church dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene and private homes.
With the advent of Napoleon's occupation (1797-1814), Desenzano was briefly the capital of the Benaco district, later it was absorbed into the Mella department, with Brescia as its capital. Under the Habsburgs (1814-1859), Desenzano became a tourist and holiday center for the Austrian aristocrats: in that period the Hotel Mayer was founded. In 1816 and 1826 he received a visit from Emperor Francis I, while in 1851 it was up to Francesco Giuseppe to honor the city with a visit after the events of 1848 and 1849.
In 1859, the hamlet of San Martino was the seat of the Risorgimento battle of the same name. For the sad occasion, Desenzano had to be transformed into a single field hospital.
After the victorious conclusion of the second war of independence, Desenzano passed to the Kingdom of Italy. In 1862, it was renamed with the name of Desenzano on the Lake and the Workers' Society was founded. In 1882 the Banca Mutua Popolare and the Meteorological Observatory were born. In 1890 the Prehistoric Museum was opened, the first nucleus of the current Archaeological Museum.
During the First World War, Desenzano became the site of a military airfield and was bombed by the Austrian air force. Ten years later the city was renamed Desenzano del Garda and the suppressed municipality of Rivoltella merged with it. In 1934, the High Speed Seaplane School was opened. On April 12, 1944, it was bombed by the Anglo-American air forces.
How to orient yourself
Desenzano del Garda: full screen map.How to get
By plane
- 1 Verona-Villafranca Airport (Valerio Catullo), Boxes of Sommacampagna (VR), ☎ 39 045 8095666, fax: 39 045 8619074.
- 2 Brescia-Montichiari Airport (Gabriele D'Annunzio), Via Aeroporto, 34, Montichiari (BS), ☎ 39 030 9656599, fax: 39 030 9656514. Charter only
By car
- Desenzano del Garda tollbooth (A4 Turin-Trieste motorway), for Desenzano Centro, Hospital and Desenzanino
- Sirmione toll booth (A4 Turin-Trieste motorway), for Rivoltella sul Garda and San Martino della Battaglia
On the train
- 3 Desenzano del Garda-Sirmione station (Desenzano station), Piazza Einaudi, Desenzano del Garda. Served by Frecciabianca for Milano Centrale, Torino Porta Susa, Trieste Centrale and Venezia Santa Lucia, by Frecciarossa for Brescia and Roma Termini and by regional for Milano Centrale and Verona Porta Nuova.
By bus
- Brescia North Transport, Via Cassala 3 / a - 25126 Brescia, ☎ 39 030 44061, fax: 39 030 3754505, @[email protected].
- Line LN026 Brescia-Verona. With stops along viale Marconi, via Cavour, via Masaccio (railway station), via dal Molin and via Giuseppe Motta
How to get around
By public transport
Desenzano offers an urban service consisting of 4 lines: 1 on holidays and 3 on weekdays.
| Line | first and last race | average frequency | days of activation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 green | 6:25-19:40 | 60 or more minutes | weekdays |
| 2 blue | 6:35 (from Rivoltella del Garda)-20:15 | 30 minutes | weekdays |
| 3 red | 6:15-20:02 | 30 minutes | weekdays |
| festive yellow | 9: 20-12: 15 and 15: 00-16: 45 | 35 minutes | festive |
What see
- 1 Castle. From the 11th century. In the fifteenth century it was enlarged and served as a refuge for the population.
- 2 Port.
- 3 Roman Villa, Via Crocefisso, 22. The building, built at the end of the 1st century BC, has undergone several building phases: what is visible today, however, dates back to the first half of the 4th century AD.
The Villa was discovered in 1921, when during the excavation operations for the foundations of a house, polychrome mosaics came to light.
Events and parties
What to do
Shopping
How to have fun
Where to eat
Moderate prices
- 1 [link not working]La Briciola Self Service, Via T. Dal Molin 5, ☎ 39 030 9144583.
- 2 Piadineria Il Ghiottone, Via S. Angela Merici 30, ☎ 39 030 5242316.
- 3 Pizzeria S. Benedetto, Via San Benedetto 151, ☎ 39 030 9991976.
Average prices
- 4 Kapperi Restaurant Pizzeria, Via N. Sauro 7, ☎ 39 030 9991893.
High prices
- 5 Esplanade Restaurant, Via Lario 3, ☎ 39 030 9143361.
Where stay
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Around
- Sirmione - The Grottoes of Catullus - remains of an immense Roman villa in a panoramic position on the tip of its promontory -, the majestic and elegant Scaliger Castle which fortifies the town's marina and the thermal baths make it one of the most popular destinations around the lake.
- Castiglione delle Stiviere - City of the Red Cross and of San Luigi Gonzaga, protagonist in the wars of the Risorgimento, it was a Gonzaga center; it retains a beautiful historic core that extends over the morainic hills south of Lake Garda. After the war it experienced a strong economic expansion that favored an important demographic growth, making it the reference center of theAlto Mantovano.
Itineraries
- Desenzano del Garda is part of the Road of Wines and Flavors of Garda, a route of food and wine tourism promotion, about 200 kilometers long and recognized by the Lombardy Region, which winds through the province of Brescia on a territory of 25 municipalities, including: Pozzolengo, Sirmione, Lonato del Garda, Padenghe sul Garda, Moniga del Garda, Soiano del Lago, Muscoline, Polpenazze del Garda, Manerba del Garda, Puegnago del Garda, Salò, Gardone Riviera, Toscolano Maderno, Limone sul Garda is Tremosine. The route is intertwined with another tourist itinerary in the area: Route of Mantuan Wines and Flavors.
- Romanesque churches of the Riviera del Garda - The itinerary goes to the discovery of the Romanesque parishes and churches Brescia.
- In the lands of the Gonzagas - An itinerary through the centers, large and small, which were the capitals of the Gonzaga cadet branches: principalities, marquisates, duchies which, within the Mantuan state structure, enjoyed real independence, often minted coins and held refined courts that rivaled that of Mantua, embellished their urban centers by equipping them with elegant architecture - churches, squares, palaces, walls, towers - and characteristic urban views such as the typical Gonzaga arcades.
- Morainic hills of Lake Garda - On the first corrugations of the Po plain that becomes a hill, where the great lake basin of the Lake Garda, the route touches towns and cities that were the domain of Gonzaga, Venice, Scaligero, and then became the scene of the bloody battles of the Risorgimento that were the prelude to the unification of Italy. To the tourist, historical and naturalistic importance the area combines an oenological interest as an area of production of wines from the hills, tokai, merlot and claret.
- Places of the battle of Solferino and San Martino - The itinerary runs through the places where the historic one took place on 24 June 1859 battle of Solferino and San Martino.
- Way of faith and solidarity - The itinerary runs through the places where two saints lived, St. Luigi Gonzaga is Saint Angela Merici, and a blessed one, Paola Montaldi; where important pages of the Risorgimento and saw the birth of the Red Cross.
- Via Carolingia - European itinerary that crosses the places traveled by the court of Charlemagne between the 8th and 9th centuries to travel from Aachen to Rome, where Pope Leo III crowned the Carolingian sovereign emperor of the Holy Roman Empire on Christmas night in the 19th century.
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