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Desenzano del Garda: the small village on the banks of Lake<\/h1>\n

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Desenzano del Garda<\/strong>\u00a0is a small Village in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, it lies at the edge of its lake and it’s just 12 minutes far from the “Camping delle Rose<\/a><\/strong>“.<\/p>\n

It’s the right place to rediscover history, thanks to lots of museums and archaeological sites, you can also admire the historical “Porto Vecchio” and you can relax on the beaches of the Lake.<\/p>\n

The origins of this small village are very old, as we can see by the findings of lots of household materials dating back to the second millennium before Christ. But the most important discover the oldest plough in the world dating back to the Bronze Age (2000 a. C.) which is reserved at the Giovanni Rambotti<\/a><\/strong>‘s museum.<\/p>\n

Over the possibility to rediscover history, Desenzano del Garda offers the possibility to admire the old “Porto Vecchio<\/strong>” anche the possibility to relax on the beaches of the Lake Garda<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Places you have to see at Desenzano del Garda<\/h2>\n

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1 .\u00a0ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM GIOVANNI RAMBOTTI<\/h3>\n

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The museum, dedicated to Giovanni Rambotti, preserves an extraordinary archaeological heritage which allows to relive the Bronze Age.<\/p>\n

In the museum findings from the pile-dwelling site of Lavagnone are exposed<\/strong>, one of the little lake basins of glacial origin characteristic\u00a0of the landscape south of Lake Garda<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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The first discoveries (between 1880 and 1886) were due to peat quarrying, but the first and real scientific research started after one century (between 1974 and 1979) thanks to the archeologist Renato Perini, <\/strong>in collaboration with the national museum Luigi Pigorini<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This excavations brought to light household equipment (plates, amphorae, pots, etc.) dating back to the second millennium BC and the installation of a pile-dwelling, but the most important discovery was the plow with part of the yoke that represents the only existent specimen in the world dating back to the Bronze Age (2000 a. C. circa).<\/p>\n

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The plow of Lavagnone<\/h4>\n

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Plow of Lavagnone was discovered in 1978, wedged between the poles of the pile-dwelling settlement dating back to about 2000 B.C.<\/p>\n

It’s the oldest plow that comes to us, it was completely with oak, and it’s still very well preserved thanks to archaeological deposit characteristics that doesn’t permit the wood’s decay.<\/p>\n

Moreover in 1989 the University of Studies of Milan<\/strong> resumed searching and this mission is still in process.<\/p>\n

The area covered by the UNESCO<\/strong> site extends over the entire basin, easily accessible from the nearby road that leads from Desenzano<\/strong> to the hamlet of San Pietro.<\/p>\n

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2. ” VILLA ROMANA”\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n

Villa romana of Desenzano del Garda is the most important archeological witness of the ancient Northern Italian villas<\/p>\n

Nowadays The archeological site is around 70 meters far from the lake but once this villa overlooked the lake with its quays and docks.<\/p>\n

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The remains, discovered from 1921 still 1923, are famous for the particular pavement made of lots of mosaics which represent scenes with harvesting cupids or chariots running, maenads and satyrs, wild animals, allegories, ect.<\/p>\n

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It’s possibility that the owner of the villa was Flavius Magnus Decentius<\/strong>, emperor Magnenzio’s brother, from which the city of Desenzano<\/strong> is supposed took the name.<\/p>\n

The complex of buildings that composed this villa extends by over an hectare. One of them was dedicated to crop products’ transformation activities, for example the crushing and fermentation of grapes to produce wine, and the milling and extraction of olive oil.<\/p>\n

Close to the buildings there was the noble owners’ residential building where they showed off their richness and refinement with their sumptuous decorations and furnishings.<\/p>\n

The remains left till now are the witnesses of the splendour in which they lived.<\/p>\n

The building was large, complex and equipped with heated spa, an open porch on the lake<\/strong>, coloured apsies, an internal fountain adorned with niches and statues and painted frescoes partially restored.<\/p>\n

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In the small museum remains of furniture as lamps, cups, plates, ceramic pans and bronze utensils are preserved.
\nOne of the most interesting is a glass cup engraved with a Christian subject, indicating the spread of this new religion in the late antiquity<\/p>\n

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3. PALAZZO TODESCHINI<\/b><\/h3>\n

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“Palazzo Todeschini” <\/strong>is located on the ancient\u00a0Darsena,\u00a0<\/strong>it was designed by the architect Giulio Todeschini like a town hall. It’s a sixteenth-century building, composed by fifteen stone arches ending with the stone “of the unemployed<\/strong>” the point where the bankruptcy convictions were proclaimed in the XVI century.<\/p>\n

Nowadays “Palazzo Todeschini” is venue for conferences, exhibitions and temporary exhibitions.<\/p>\n

In 1806 began the construction of the pier and lighthouse in Nordic style, which still characterizes the lake panorama, while the Venetian bridge is the work of the 30s of the last century<\/p>\n

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4. DUOMO DI SANTA MARIA MADDALENA<\/b><\/h3>\n

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The current church, dedicated to S. Maria Maddalena\u00a0<\/strong>was built between 1596 and 1611 on Giulio Todeschini<\/strong>‘s project.<\/p>\n

The facade is characterised by baroque decorations, while inside it presents a basilica plant with three naves and it’s one of the best examples of the late Renaissance in the province of Brescia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Andrea celesti’s artworks stand out in this dome. He was\u00a0leading representative of the Venetian painting of ‘600.<\/p>\n

Examples of this important painting are the “Resurrezione<\/strong>” and a pictorial cycle dedicated to S. Maria Maddalena.<\/p>\n

In the chapel od SS. Sacrament we can admire “L’ultima cena<\/strong>“, a very known G.B Tiepolo<\/strong>‘s work of art of 1738.<\/p>\n

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In the small village of\u00a0Desenzano<\/strong> there are many other churches, among which:<\/p>\n