Santuario della Madonna della Corona
Garda
(4 Km)
The Sanctuary of Madonna della Corona is located in the middle of the vertical rocky wall of Monte Baldo. Its name comes from the chain of mountains that all around form a crown. This is completely excavated into the rock.
Borghetto sul Mincio
Valeggio sul Mincio
(10 Km)
Borghetto is a fraction of the municipality of Valeggio sul Mincio and is included in the list of “The Most Beautiful Villages in Italy”. This charming village is located at the foot of the Visconti Bridge and has characteristic buildings with water mills. Not to be missed is also the parish church dedicated to St. Mark the Evangelist, flanked by the bell tower from the Scaligera era that contains a bell dating back to the year 1381.
Palazzo Maria Callas
Sirmione
(14 Km)
Museo Botanico della Lessinia
Fumane
(22 Km)
The Botanical Museum of Lessini, together with seven other museums, is part of the Museum System of the Community of Lessinia. It was opened for the first time in 1981 and in 1996 it was expanded more. The museum was founded in honor of an important doctor and botanist, Giovanni Zantedeschi. In it you can see a considerable variety of species of the flora of this territory.
Museo della Pieve
Sant'Ambrogio di Valpolicella
(13 Km)
The Archaeological Museum of the Pieve di San Giorgio di Valpolicella was built in 1992. Inside there are archaeological finds such as: artifacts, Roman inscriptions and sculptures. The construction of this museum was born from the collaboration of Libero Cecchini with Luciano Zinnamosca and Banca Popolare di Verona.
Museo Napoleonico
Rivoli Veronese
(15 Km)
The Napoleonic Museum of Rivoli Veronese exposes to the public the relics of the Battle of Rivoli where Austrian troops clashed on 14 January 1797, the Austrian troops with those Napoleonic ones. Inside, we find preserved paintings and portraits, a model with scenes from the battle and documents concerning the Napoleonic period. The Museum is open to the public.
Porta Verona
Peschiera del Garda
(6 Km)
Fortezza di Peschiera
Peschiera del Garda
(5 Km)
Porta Brescia
Peschiera del Garda
(5 Km)
The Porta Brescia is located north of the walls surrounding the city of Garda and has the form of a narrow gap. It is the second entrance that leads to Peschiera and today you can walk only on foot, like the long bridge that connects with the mainland. The door was built thanks to a project, in 1766—1770, by Anton Maria Lorgna.
Castello di Ponti San Mincio
Ponti sul Mincio
(6 Km)
The Castle was erected during the twelfth century, with the aim of protecting and supervising the entire area. During the twentieth century the Castle was restored. The building consists of four towers. In the past it was also used by justice administrators.
Castello Mastio
Pozzolengo
(11 Km)
The Mastio Castle of Pozzolengo was built in the twelfth century. Its purpose was to defend the inhabitants from the invasions of the Magiari. During the 15th and 16th centuries, several restorations were made at the castle. In fact, this was greatly expanded. The building has a trapezoidal structure, with numerous cylindrical towers, one of which has been transformed into a bell tower.
Forte Wohlgemuth
Rivoli Veronese
(15 Km)
Wohlgemuth Fort was built between 1850 and 1851, for reasons of defense. In 1866, the building underwent restoration work and was named Forte di Rivoli. Currently, the Great War Museum is set up in its rooms, where weapons, documents and objects of war are exhibited.
Tagliata di Incanal
Rivoli Veronese
(17 Km)
The fortress was built in 1884 in the area of a valley located in the Municipality of Monte Cordespino. The building has a structure built of stone. In the eighties of the last century, part of the structure was destroyed due to the construction of new modern infrastructure. Currently, the fortification is the private property of Mr. Cristofaletti Renato.
Castello Scaligero
Sirmione
(13 Km)
The Scaliger Castle of Sirmione originates from the middle of the thirteenth century. The castle was built with the function of defending the city from possible attacks of the time. This one has three entrance doors, three towers and a keep with an altitude of 47 meters. Today, the building is one of the most complete and best preserved castles in Italy.
Forte Benedeck
Pastrengo
(6 Km)
The Benedeck Fort, located in Pastrengo, was named after General Ludwig August Von Benedeck. Work on the construction of the fort was completed in 1861. When it was built, it was chosen to do it on a hill, as a strategic point in case of war. Today, the fortification is a private property.
Forte Degenfeld
Pastrengo
(8 Km)
Fort Degenfeld was built between 1859 and 1861 by the Austrians. It was named after Commander August Graf Degenfeld Schonburg. Its structure also included a dozen cannons and a cistern for collecting rainwater. Since the early twentieth century it has been no longer used, but today it is still preserved in good condition. Currently it can be visited only on request, since it is privately owned.
Forte Leopold
Pastrengo
(6 Km)
Fort Leopold was built in 1861 dedicated to Prince Leopold Anaht-Dessau. This construction was intended to be the headquarters of the command, on which other forts depended. Today it has been transformed into a restaurant/pizzeria.
Forte Nugent
Pastrengo
(6 Km)
Fort Nugent is named after General Lavant Graf Von Westenrath, who was also the Captain of the King of Naples. You don't have a sure date about its construction, but it is assumed around the nineteenth century. One of its main functions was to protect against attacks and served as a sighting point in the event of war. Today it has been transformed into a restaurant.
Grotte di Catullo
Sirmione
(14 Km)
The Caves of Catullus are the remains of an ancient Roman villa that was built between the end of the first century BC and the beginning of the first century AD. Sirmione. The name cave comes from the episode that tells that the first explorers, when they saw it in the fifteenth century, believed it was a cave covered by vegetation. In 1948 the entire area was restored by the Superintendence for Archaeological Heritage.
Ponte Visconteo
Valeggio sul Mincio
(10 Km)
The Visconti Bridge of Valeggio sul Mincio was built in 1393 for the desire of the Duke of Milan: Gian Galeazzo Visconti. In the 20th century the bridge was replaced with another iron. It is 650 meters long and 8 meters high above the river level.
Castello Villafranca
Villafranca di Verona
(12 Km)
This beautiful castle is located at the top a hill. The building is surrounded by magnificent forts, gardens and tress.
Castello Scaligero e Cinta Muraria
Lazise
(8 Km)
The most impressive building in Lazise is the Scaliger castle and the city walls that surrounds the historic center. The castle was built during the domination of the lords of Verona Bartolomeo II and Antonio della Scala.
Dogana Veneta
Lazise
(8 Km)
Construction of great importance for the port of goods in the country Along with the port in front of the port. Customs today appears to us as a single 900 m² stone room with a height of 10 m, used as a congress center
Chiesa di San Nicolo'
Lazise
(7 Km)
The church of San Nicolò is located at the old port of Lazise. In Romanesque style it dates back to the twelfth century. The original bell tower, which was dangerous at the end of the eighteenth century, was knocked down and in its place a new one was made.
Museo Archeologico dell'Alto Mantovano - Cavriana
Cavriana
(17 Km)
The Museum preserves and enhances through materials, documentation and reconstructive plastics what is found in the pile-dwelling sites of Bande di Cavriana and Castellaro Lagusello, recently included in the heritage UNESCO world
Chiesa di San Pietro in Mavino
Sirmione
(14 Km)
San Pietro in Mavino is the oldest church in Sirmione. It was built in the Lombard era in the 8th century BC and was then the subject of various changes. Do not miss the interior frescoes dating back to the 13th-16th century. The Church is located in a splendid panoramic position nestled among olive trees.
Chiesa di Santa Maria Maggiore
Sirmione
(13 Km)
The church of Santa Maria Maggiore represents one of the most evocative examples of fifteenth-century architecture in Garda. Near the Rocca Scaligera, it stands out for the beauty of the terracotta decorations and the apse structure.Among the various works of art are the wooden statue of the Madonna and a painting depicting the Apostles' Supper.
Palazzo Gelmetti
Pozzolengo
(11 Km)
Headquarters of the Town Hall since the beginning of the 20th century, it was built in 1800.It was the residence of the noble Gelmetti family; it was entrusted to the Municipality in 1883, which bought it in 1888. Inside there are richly frescoed rooms.
Chiesa di S. Lorenzo
Pozzolengo
(11 Km)
Parish church of 1510 subject to various extensions and renovations in the '700. It has a neoclassical facade with a large central window and an impressive bronze door, the work of the sculptor Carnessali. It is worth noting inside the seventeenth-century organ and the canvases by Brusasorci and Andrea Celesti.
Castello
Pozzolengo
(11 Km)
The Castle of Pozzolengo was built approximately in the 9th — 10th century, rebuilt in the 13th century and renovated in the 16th century; it has a trapezoidal plan and rises on Mount Fluno. In the curtain of the walls with Guelph battlements, cylindrical towers are inserted and inside the Castle you can admire the remains of the Church of San Lorenzo martyr.
Santuario della Madonna del Frassino
Peschiera del Garda
(7 Km)
The Sanctuary of Madonna del Frassino preserves many artistic and, above all pictorial works, so much so that it is often defined as a real art gallery. Among others, here it is possible to admire works by Farinati, also author of the frescoes on the walls of the Church, Bertanza, Muttoni the Younger and Zeno da Verona. Also very interesting is the choir entirely made of walnut.
Chiesa di San Martino
Peschiera del Garda
(5 Km)
It is considered one of the oldest in the Veronese Diocese, for some the original construction would date back to the year 1000. Demolished in 1800, after being used as a deposit of ammunition by Napoleon, the Church was rebuilt in the 1900s and frescoed by Severino Saoncella. It preserves some relics of Blessed Andrea da Peschiera.