12 Facts About Lake Garda

Characteristic of Garda is the limited size of the hydrographic basin compared to the lake surface: at a length of 52 km of the lake corresponds the 95 km of the basin, while the respective widths are 16 km and 42 km.

Lake Garda area is considered one of the most seismic in Italy.

The oldest known earthquake that struck the Lake Garda region seems to have occurred in 243 : it was so disastrous that the city of Benaco, located where Toscolano Maderno stands today, suddenly disappeared.

Areas around Lake Garda, inhabited since prehistoric times, are an environment of great naturalistic value, with vegetation typical of the Mediterranean climate such as olive trees, vines, lemon trees, agave and other plants, which thrive thanks to the microclimate created by the Garda basin, which makes winter particularly mild.

Lake Garda was a meeting point between the populations of Reti and Veneti, whose presence is testified in particular by the necropolis of Garda, as well as that of the Etruscans who came to trade in these areas.

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Integration between Romans and Cenomani, who controlled the Lake Garda area, probably began in 225 BC, when there was a treaty of alliance between Cenomani, Veneti and Romans, even if the actual Romanization of the territory took place between the 2nd and 1st centuries BC.

In 268 AD the Battle of Lake Garda Benacus was fought between the army of the Roman Empire, commanded by the future emperor Claudius Gothicus, and the German federation of the Alamanni.

In 1387, following the defeat of Antonio della Scala, the whole Lake Garda area was subjected to the Visconti; as early as 1405 the eastern shore passed into the hands of the Republic of Venice, while the western shore remained afflicted by the struggles between Guelphs and Ghibellines.

The fleet was then used to counter the Milanese one and had its greatest success in a battle at Riva del Lake Garda, which was followed by the capitulation of the city.

Around Lake Garda there are 26 comuni, the most populated being Desenzano del Garda, followed by Arco and Riva del Garda .

Lake Garda is located at the center of a crucial node between.

Lake Garda is served by a road network that runs along the entire lake and is made up of the following infrastructures:.