DISCOVER - CASTLES ON LAKE GARDA
From the southern peninsula to Riva in the north, many Scaligeri castles did and still stand today. Lake Garda is 32 miles long and along the eastern shoreline you find Sirmione, Peschiera del Garda, Lazise, Bardolino, Torri del Benaco, Malcesine, Riva del Garda, and Arco with well-maintained structures.
SIRMIONE - WAS BUILT BY THE SCALIGERI IN 1277. IT'S A ABSOLUTE MUST SEE.
peschiera DEL garda - The venetians drastically modified this fort.
LAZISE - FEATURES A VERY OLD CASTLE AND A WALLED-IN, MEDIEVAL LAKESIDE TOWN
BARDOLINO
MISSING GOOD PHOTOGRAPH OF THIS SITE
TORRI DEL BENACO - had been an island-like fortified village around late XVI century.
malcesine - origins go back much further to longobards and franks.
riva del garda - modified castle is used by the town as a museum.
arco - territory held by both scaligeri and castelbarco
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