Tremosine sul Garda

HISTORY OF TREMOSINE SUL GARDA

Tremosine sul Garda is situated on a magnificent terrace overlooking the lake and almost the first highland population, favored by the abundance of water and its defensive position, is due to people perhaps of Etruscan strain or reticulum, followed by the Romans who in the area they left many signs of their presence. Later, since the Lombard, the territory of Tremosine sul Garda was contended by Trento and Brescia; Finally in 1426 he went to Venice, then follow the fate of the province of Brescia.

ARTS

Tremosine sul GardaFrom the village of Vesio a road that leads to Passo Nota (1210 m) – which is 9 km away – and the Tremalzo Pass (1975 m), 18 km, rich in karst fenomi and accessible with some difficulty on a military road of the Great War. On the plateau, there is the small chapel of St. Michael, on a rocky peak on the trail that leads to Tremalzo. The hermitage, now in the custody of the Franciscan friars and opened in the summer season, is probably of Lombard origin and the present church, despite several reconstructions, dates back to 1603. In Pieve – town hall – is worth visiting the Romanesque church of San John the Baptist, built in the twelfth century, demolished around 1570 and rebuilt saving the bell tower. The fine sixteenth-century fresco of the face and the side panels, the next century, attributed to the school of Paul Farinati; the organ, of 1835, is by Damiano Damiani. On the wall that delimits the churchyard is recessed a Roman memorial stone of the third century. A.D.

ATTRAZIONI

From the village of Vesio a road that leads to Passo Nota (1210 m) – which is 9 km – and the Tremalzo Pass (1975 m) 18 km, rich in karst phenomena and accessible with some difficulty on a military road of the Great War .

On the plateau there is the small hermitage of San Michele, on a rocky peak on the trail that leads to Tremalzo. The hermitage, now in the custody of the Franciscan friars and opened in the summer season is perhaps of Lombard origin, and the present church, despite several reconstructions dating back to 1603.

A parish church – the town hall – is worth visiting the Romanesque church of San Giovanni Battista, built in the twelfth century, demolished around 1570 and rebuilt saving the bell tower. The fine sixteenth-century fresco of the face and the side panels of the next century, attributed to the school of Paul Farinati; the organ of 1853 by Damiano Damiani. On the wall that delimits the churchyard is recessed a Roman memorial stone of the third century A.D.