Desenzano del Garda. Desenzano del Garda is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, Italy, on the southwestern shore of Lake Garda.
It borders the communes of Castiglione delle Stiviere, Lonato, Padenghe sul Garda and Sirmione. Sometime in the first century, the area around lake Garda, including what is now Desenzano del Garda, became a favourite vacation spot for the Veronese élite, Verona being one of the largest Roman cities in northeastern Italy.
On 24 June 1859, four divisions of Sardinian infantry fought a gruesome battle with elements of the Austrian Eighth corps, under Feldzeugmeister Ludwig von Benedek, in an engagement encompassing Madonna della Scoperta, Pozzolengo, and San Martino. This action was part of the greater battle centered on Solferino, during the Second Italian War of Independence, and was a vital step in achieving Italian unification-unification that was gained only eleven years later.
During the Third Italian War of Independence, Desenzano was bombarded by the Austrian navy. The Italian poet and librettist Angelo Anelli, who collaborated with Rossini in revising L'italiana in Algeri from an earlier text by Luigi Mosca, and whose libretto, originally set by a different composer, became the basis for Donizetti's Don Pasquale, was born in Desenzano del Garda in 1761.
The Cathedral of St Mary Magdalene. The House of St Angela Merici. The Tower of St Martin. A
It borders the communes of Castiglione delle Stiviere, Lonato, Padenghe sul Garda and Sirmione. Sometime in the first century, the area around lake Garda, including what is now Desenzano del Garda, became a favourite vacation spot for the Veronese élite, Verona being one of the largest Roman cities in northeastern Italy.
On 24 June 1859, four divisions of Sardinian infantry fought a gruesome battle with elements of the Austrian Eighth corps, under Feldzeugmeister Ludwig von Benedek, in an engagement encompassing Madonna della Scoperta, Pozzolengo, and San Martino. This action was part of the greater battle centered on Solferino, during the Second Italian War of Independence, and was a vital step in achieving Italian unification-unification that was gained only eleven years later.
During the Third Italian War of Independence, Desenzano was bombarded by the Austrian navy. The Italian poet and librettist Angelo Anelli, who collaborated with Rossini in revising L'italiana in Algeri from an earlier text by Luigi Mosca, and whose libretto, originally set by a different composer, became the basis for Donizetti's Don Pasquale, was born in Desenzano del Garda in 1761.
The Cathedral of St Mary Magdalene. The House of St Angela Merici. The Tower of St Martin. A
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