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A SMALL CITY SET BETWEEN WATER AND ROCKS Also sports, nature, gastronomy, history and art, together with the culture of hospitality and excellent facilities, are of Riva del Garda a holiday destination of many.
Arriving from pan immediately known western Gardesana Piazza III Novembre, bounded by buildings in Lombard-Venetian style, where you'll find the Tower Apponale, once a place of commerce and trade fairs, the Praetorian Palace, which houses under the loggia tombstones Roman, medieval and modern , and the historic Palazzo del Comune. Not far away is the Rocca, a fortress on the lake surrounded by a canal with a drawbridge, which today houses the Museo Civico and Pinacoteca.
The main structures are the religious dell'Inviolata Church, a central plan and decorated in Baroque style, and the Church of St. Maria Assunta, with a single nave altars baroque inlaid marble and two works of Craffonara, the Assumption and Our Lady of Sorrows. The architect Giancarlo Maroni from it, Vittoriale creator of the Italian home of Gabriele D'Annunzio, has implemented a number of buildings as the power station, the Hotel Sole, the complex of the Beach of Olives, Piazza San Rocco and the nursery. |