Salò on the lake of Garda with Gardaweb the tourist portal of the lake of Garda

Ancient citizen on the rivers of the gulf own. Protect from the twenty colds of the north, he lies down himself in the gulf omonimo, on the western river of the Garda; Mediterranean vegetation begins here from so-called " bresciana Riviera " that continues until Gargnano, characterized from one. In age Roman the locality had the name of " Salodium "; in the 1300's become the capoluogo of the bresciana coast and the " Magnificent Native land "; from the 1425 to 1797, under the government of the " Most serene one ", it enjoyed wide privileges. Elegant buildings testify today tutt' of the period of closing of the city. After 8 I' september 1943, in Salò and other localities of the Garda they had center commandos and ministries of the " Italian Social Republic ", said exactly " Republic of Salo ", like also high German military commandos. Salò gave the christmass in the 1500's to Gasparo Bertolotti, plus famous like " Gasparo from Salo ", the inventor or at least the perfezionatore of the violino. Not to lose the Dome, erected in the ' 400 in gotic style, while the facade has a rinascimental door of the ' 500. In the inside precious art works, between which painted of Paul Veneziano, Gerolamo Romanino, Zenone Veronese, Palm Celestial Giovane and Andrea. In the chorus of Giovanni from Ulma (1499). II palace of the Magnificent Native land of XVI the century conserve one rich library with antichi manuscripts, incunaboli and codes. To Barbarano the Martinengo palace, fact to erect from marquis Sforza Pallavicino of the ' 500.