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LUNGOLAGO Villa Brunati was built at the end of the 16th century by Mgr Giacomo Roveglio VIA 3 B PIAZZA MALVEZZI to spend the holidays on . It was renovated, the banquet hall C. 8 BATTISTI was raised, in 1730, and it hosted King Vittorio Emanuele II and his staff in 1 VIA AGELLO SALO' - RIVA TOMASO Porto Città di GRAMSCI DAL MOLIN SIRMIONE - VERONAVIALE 1859, after the Battle of Solferino and San Martino. It had been the house of VIA VIA VR KM 30 PIAZZA MALVEZZI MARCONI RAMBOTTI MOTTA Brunati’s noble family since 1868, yet it is now a public library dedicated to VIALE MOTTA MARCONI VIALE VIA VIALEAGELLO VIALE SALO' - RIVA TOMASO DAL MOLIN VIALE VIA VR KM 30 RAMBOTTI MOTTA VIA SIRMIONE MARCONI the poet and librettist Angelo Anelli, who was born in Desenzano in 1761. Its VIALE MOTTA VIALE VIALE MARCONI VIALE

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VIA SIRMIONE prestigious halls, which contain over 30,000 books and a multimedia sector, VIALE VIA DANTE ALIGHIERI VIALE RIVOLTELLA VIA DANTE ALIGHIERI CAVOUR MICHELANGELO host cultural events, exhibits, meetings with the author, readings, etc.. Some VIALE RIVOLTELLA CAVOUR MICHELANGELO STADIO COMUNALE halls are available for private events. STAZIONE F.S.

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SAN PIETRO Minitangenziale 4 Via S. Benedetto D 9 MONUMENTAL SITE OF PIA O PERA S.ANGELA DI SAN MARTINO DELLA BATTAGLIA MERICI CENTENARO Cimitero The monumental site of San Martino della Battaglia is composed by the museum,C the tower and the ossuary chapel. The three-room museum shows Città di Desenzano del Garda

relics, weapons and uniforms from the battle of 24th June 1859 which di Chiara Ziliani - Traduzioni 2017 Edizione Dicembre saw the allied French and Sardinian armies against the Austrian army. Key moments of Risorgimento are represented in frescoes inside the tower, while the ossuary contains the bones of thousands of soldiers from both the armies. A spectacular historical reenactment of the battle is performed Via Carducci, 4 - 25015 Desenzano del Garda (BS) in the park. Tel. 0309994211 - Fax 0309143700 Tel. +39 0309994161 (ufficio cultura) Via Torre 2 - San Martino della Battaglia – Desenzano del Garda - Telephone: 030 9910370 [email protected] - www.solferinoesanmartino.it 9 www.comune.desenzano.brescia.it

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CENTENARO 1 THE CASTLE 2 THE CATHEDRAL 3 “G. RAMBOTTI” 5 THE ROMAN VILLA ACHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM The castle that overlooks the city – perhaps constructed The cathedral was build in classical style according to Giulio Todeschini’s TheR museum, dedicated to Giovanni Rambotti, safeguards an extraordinary Desenzano’s Roman villa is one of the most important examples, in archaeological heritage of the Bronze Age, witnessing the long and complex V on the site of a Roman castrum that offered protection against Germanic invasions – projectD and was consecrated in 1611, it is dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene Northern , of the great villas typical of the late ancient Roman was rebuiltC at the time of the medieval commune and reinforced in the 15th century, (Santa Maria Maddalena). With its longitudinal floor plan and three naves, settlement process on stilt-houses which took place on the edges of lake Garda civilization. The building, which at that time overlooked the lake, and of the moraine basins. A visit at the museum allows an insight into the various when it enclosed 120 houses and a church dedicated to S. Ambrogio. Of this imposing the church is solemn with simplicity and represents one of the most beautiful had a surface of around 11,000 m2. The archaeological site shows structure remains the curtain wall with four towers and the entrance fortification, with aspects of life in the Bronze Age – from dwellings to agriculture and the Lavagnone examples of late Renaissance architecture. It is well known not only for the invaluable mosaics of incomparable beauty. It is now composed by the remains of a drawbridge. In the late 1800s it was turned into a barracks, in use until plough, which is the oldest plough in the world, dating back to 2000 B.C., from pottery to metallurgy, from decorations to food habits and craftsmanship (flint, 1943. Thanks to recent conservation work on the walls, the parapet walkway may be paintings by the famous 17th century painter Andrea Celesti, but also for the halls with floors and walls, peristyles, a compartment with an apse, bone, horn). visited and the entrance tower – which offers one of the most beautiful views of Lake amazing “Last Supper” painting (1738) by Gian Battista Tiepolo, treasured in part of an oil mill, heating plants and the thermal bath. Despite the the Chapel of the Holy Sacrament. Many other paintings are preserved in the The museum exhibits evidence found in the Lavagnone stilt-houses site. name of the owner is unknown, the villa is believed to have belonged Garda – climbed. The newly restored chambers are used for conferences, art exhibitions Historical coverage of the surroundig area - which contains important Roman, and other cultural events. During the summer the castle also hosts plays and concerts cathedral, among which those by Giovanni Andrea Bertanza from Padenghe, medieval and Renaissance constructions - has been supplemented by the addition to Emperor Magnenzio’s (350-353 A.D.) brother, Flavius Magnus in its open-air theatre. Domenico Cignaroli and Donato Zenone. The cathedral is sometimes venue of new exhibition rooms on the ground floor. Decentius, whose name is thought to have given origin to the present of concerts and conferences. name of the town: Desenzano. Via Castello - Telephone: 030 9994161 (Servizi Culturali Comune di Desenzano d/G) Via Anelli, 42 - Telephone: 030 9144529 [email protected] - www. comune.desenzano.brescia.it Via Roma, 5 - Desenzano del Garda [email protected] Via Crocefisso, 22 - Telephone: 030 9143547 Telephone: 0309141849 - [email protected] www.onde.net/desenzano/citta/museo [email protected] Prices and opening time: www.comune.desenzano.brescia.it/italian/castello www.villaromanadesenzano.beniculturali.it Educational workshop and guided tours: “GardaIcare” Prices and opening time: www.onde.net/desenzano/citta/museo tel. 3923157012 - [email protected] - www.gardaicare.it Prices and opening time: www.villaromanadesenzano.beniculturali.it

6 4 “LAVAGNONE” HOUSE OF ST. ANGELA MERICI 7 STILT-HOUSE SITE and MERICIANUM TheS former lake Lavagnone, now dry, saw the foundation of stilt-houses Angela CMerici, born in 1474 in Desenzano from a poor family of peasant villages around 4000 years ago, during the Bronze Age. The Rambotti farmers, joined the Franciscan Tertiaries when she was very young. Museum has been excavating there for 20 years, discovering several According to a tradition, the saint had a vision which foreshadowed the interesting archaeological records like wood, ceramic and bronze foundation of the Company of St. Ursula. She later founded it in today’s artifacts. They were preserved thanks to the particular environmental Mericianum area, a large natural park which is an oasis of peace and conditions (peat) of the site, and some of them are now exhibited silence. It hosts spiritual training and bible study lessons. at the Rambotti Museum. The Lavagnone site has been added to the UNESCO World Heritage Site list as part of the “Prehistoric pile HOUSE OF ST. ANGELA MERICI Via Grezze, 5 - Telephone: 030 9912042 - [email protected] dwellings around the Alps”. MERICIANUM Via Lavagnone - Desenzano del Garda - Telephone: 030 9144529 Loc. Brodazzo, 1 - Desenzano del Garda - Telephone: 0307120356 [email protected] - www. onde.net/desenzano/citta/museo [email protected] – [email protected] - www.mericianum.com

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