Desenzano del Garda
The town of Desenzano del Garda ( in the local dialect Dezensà ) with 27,050 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2012) is the largest city on Lake Garda, in the province of Brescia, in the Italian region of Lombardy.
Geographical Location
The city is located in a wide golf in the southwest of the lake, which is bordered to the east of the peninsula of Sirmione. The same station the railway line Milan-Venice is located south of the city center, about 2 km south of the town is the same motorway junction of the A 4 / E 70 ( Milan and Verona ).
History
In the Polada - peat bog 4 km away numerous remains of prehistoric pile dwellings were characteristically designed handle vessels of the so-called Polada culture found.
Through the remains of a large villa (Villa Romana, see below ) the importance of Desenzano is documented in Roman times. The pagus decensianus (Latin graceful village) belonged to the jurisdiction area of Brescia.
At the time of the Lombards the place belonged to Mark Verona, came to the County of Brescia then. In 879, the area fell to the monastery of San Zeno in Verona until the whole area of Enrico IV was passed to the Counts of Desenzano as a fief.
The heyday Desenzano under Venetian rule. In the market on Tuesdays and Thursdays goods from the surrounding valleys of Sabbia, Trompia and Camonica were offered and particularly grain. He was one of the most important markets of the whole Padania, and his corn price had in Lombardy, in the Treviso marrow and in the Romagna validity. We still find on the beach promenade Cesare Battisti every Tuesday a large weekly market.
1701 and 1704 Desenzano was first destroyed by the imperial and by the French troops.
At the time of Napoleon, it was incorporated into the Department Mella, which covered the entire southern and western lake shore.
The museum " Giovanni Rambotti " (named after the discoverer of Polada - finds) includes the many discoveries that have come out of the peat bog of Polada between Desenzano and Lonato del Garda and in the area Lavagnone, a lake-dwelling about 5 km south of the city, into the light are. In addition to ceramics, knives and projectile points from pebble, weapons, equipment, etc. is in the Museum a plow made of oak from the southern Alpine Bronze Age ( about 2200 BC).
Attractions
The center, the old harbor, the mole
Desenzano center is the picturesque Piazza Malvezzi at the Old Port, where once moored barges for the transportation of goods traded in the market. The square is surrounded by an ancient archway, and in the center stands the monument of Angela Merici, foundress of the Order of Saint Ursula ( Ursuline ). At the beach promenade, where is the tomb of Attilia Urbica, is the new port, from where to other places on Lake Garda run the ships of the line of Navigazione Lago di Garda. The old port is one of the most popular postcard subjects of Desenzano and is considered a major landmark of the city.
In the background of the photo, the remains of a medieval castle can be seen with the keep and crenellated wall with smaller towers.
Just a little of the Piazza are the remains of the Roman Villa dating from the 2nd - 3rd Century to visit in Via Scavi Romani.
At the end of moles of Desenzano is the small lighthouse in Desenzano.
Santa Maria Maddalena
It is as the main church of Desenzano work of the architect Giulio Todeschini and was built in 1586 on a former sacred building. Inside there are three naves decorated with large paintings by artists who were among the most famous of its time. Thus, inter alia, Pictures of Zeno Veronese, Andrea Celesti ( Baptism of Christ ), Palma il Giovane, Domenico Brusasorzi, Gianbettino Cignaroli, Bertanza and Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. Especially famous Tiepolo's Last Supper, which is, however, attributed by some art connoisseurs, his son Domenico.
Villa Romana
Emanuele Zamboni, a carpenter from Desenzano, came in 1921 when he wanted to start building a house, the remains of a 1000 m² large Roman estate. The villa is one of the most important examples of large-scale late antique villas of northern Italy: a first phase of construction is the 1st century AD. attributed to the completion, however, is dated to the beginning of the 4th century. The Villa Romana is now regarded as an important example of this type of housing in northern Italy. Get remained 240 m² remains of mosaic floors and cavity heating systems, which are considered as early forerunner of today's underfloor heating systems. The mosaics show a quality of execution, which can be assimilated to the famous Pompeian mosaics.
Partner cities
Through twinning Desenzano is connected to:
- Amberg in the Upper Palatinate, Germany, since 2006
- Wiener Neustadt in Lower Austria, Austria, since 2002
- Antibes- Juan -les-Pins in France, since 2001
- Sal ( Cape Verde), since 1998
Sons and daughters of the town
- Angelo Anelli, librettist and writer
- Marco Borciani, motorcycle racer
- Angela Merici, founder of the Ursuline Order ( Ordo Sanctae Ursulae, dt: Society of Saint Ursula ), it is also the patron saint of Desenzano
- Cagnaccio di San Pietro, painter of magical realism
- Christian Tiboni, football player
Nightlife
In Desenzano and in the vicinity there are several nightclubs. One of them even boasts to be the largest disco in Europe. This makes Desenzano attractive to young people, each Friday and " pilgrimage " Saturday night from the perimeter to Desenzano.
Pictures
- Alpini monument
- Station of Desenzano del Garda
- Castello
- Lighthouse in Desenzano del Garda
- Teatro Alberti