di MONTE FERRARA BALDO Municipality of Ferrara di Monte Baldo Piazza General Cantore n. 12 - 37020 - Ferrara di Monte Baldo (VR) Telephone 045-6247002 - Fax 045-6247055
[email protected] - www.comune.ferraradimontebaldo.vr.it Inhabitants 220 - Altitude 856 m. a.s.l. Surface 26 km2 - Distance from Verona 53 km Proloco Ferrara di Monte Baldo P.zza General Cantore, 11A - 37020 Ferrara di Monte Baldo
[email protected] www.proloco-ferraradimontebaldo.it 37 Tourist guide for the Baldo Garda area 1. THE TERRITORY IN HISTORY Ferrara di Monte Baldo is a small town situated in a verdant hollow suspended between the Adige valley to the east and the peaks of Monte Baldo to the west. It offers visitors a pleasant, relaxing stay in an alpine environment of great scenic and naturalistic interest. Some of the most fascinating itineraries of Monte Baldo pass through Ferrara, from that by car which climbs to the Botanical Garden of Novezzina and continues through vast panoramas up to the Bocca di Navene (1,430 m with a view of the lake), to those for hiking up to Punta Telegrafo (2,220 m), with its immense 360-degree panorama, or up to Cima Valdritta (2,180 m). The name of Ferrara derives from iron deposits the Romans exploited in the valley by making slaves work for them. In the 6th century the territory of the Baldo passed under the Longobard dominion and in the following century that of the Franks. In 1193 it became a municipality with headquarters in Saugolo, then in Campedello and then to where it is currently located.