Romanesque churches of the Riviera del Garda - Pievi romaniche della Riviera del Garda

Romanesque churches of the Riviera del Garda is an itinerary that takes place through the Lombardy, on the shore Brescia of the Lake Garda.

Introduction

The itinerary goes to the discovery of the parishes and churches of the Romanesque Brescian.

How to get

By plane

• Milan Linate Airport
• Verona-Villafranca Airport

By car

• A4 motorway: Brescia centro exit
• A4 motorway: exit Desenzano del Garda

On the train

• Railway station of Brescia
• Railway station of Desenzano del Garda

Stages

• 45.49805610.6047221 Church of San Pietro in Mavino - TO Sirmione. It is the oldest church in the city and the first documents that mention it date back to the eighth century.
• 45.493910.606372 Monastery of San Salvatore - In Sirmione. Founded in the mid-8th century, only the back wall of the apse remains of the building.
• 45.4853810.503083 Maguzzano Abbey - TO Maguzzano - Destroyed and rebuilt several times, the current church is in the form of the last rebuilding at the end of the fifteenth century.
• 45.4174310.588774 Church of San Donino - TO Desenzano del Garda, Selva Capuzza locality. It is the oldest church in Desenzano and one of the oldest and best preserved on Lake Garda. The construction date is 1280.
• 45.4734910.474865 Parish church of San Zeno - TO Lonato del Garda. It was founded in the 5th century and was then destroyed and rebuilt in the Romanesque period. Towards the middle of the 12th century, the ancient building was renovated and extended.
• 45.4515610.505786 Church of San Cipriano - TO Lonato del Garda. First mentioned at the end of the 12th century, it was restored in the 18th century.
• 45.4956410.397977 Parish church of Santa Maria - TO Bedizzole, Pontenove district. Romanesque building from the 12th century.
• 45.5382510.509748 Church of Sant'Andrea - TO Soiano del Lago. Built between the 12th and 13th centuries in Romanesque style.
• 45.55310.494289 Church of San Pietro in Lucone - TO Polpenazze del Garda. Of Romanesque origins, it underwent numerous changes in the 15th and 17th centuries. Of the original structure is the gabled façade with a rose window.
• 45.635610.5996510 Parish church of Sant'Andrea - TO Toscolano Maderno. It is one of the most interesting Romanesque churches in the province of Brescia. The facade was made with polychrome marble. The interior has three naves marked by square-based pillars. The crypt kept the body of San Ercolano in a Roman sarcophagus.
• 45.7010910.6830711 Church of San Giacomo - TO Gargnano, Calì district. It was built between the 11th and 12th centuries perhaps over a pagan temple.
• 45.7704610.7597112 Church of San Giovanni Battista - TO Tremosine sul Garda, hamlet of Pieve. Built in the 12th century, it was demolished in the 14th century and rebuilt in the first half of the 18th century. It still has the 11th century Romanesque bell tower.
• 45.7704710.7601913 Parish church of San Michele - TO Tremosine sul Garda. Of the original church only the Romanesque bell tower remains.
• 45.806810.7837814 Church of San Pietro in Oliveto - TO Limone sul Garda. It is among the oldest Romanesque churches in the area, dating back to the end of XII century.

Image gallery

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  Sirmione, Church of San Pietro in Mavino

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  Maguzzano, Abbey

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  Toscolano Maderno, Church of Sant'Andrea

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  Parish of Tremosine, Church of San Giovanni Battista

Safety

Around

Excursions

• Brescia

Itineraries

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

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