The island juta out no Lake Garda
like an arm and the water mirrors its luminous image. Not only
Catullus, but also Caesar is said to have stayed here. In the
8th Century, the Longobards built a convent, Dante came looking
for inspiration, Carducci and Boito spent meaningful hours here…
The Romans had built two castles, two harbours, a settlement
and the gigantic villa that rises on rocks and powerfully towers
on the lake. On the foundations of the old easters harbour,
the Scaligers later built their famous fortress: a charming,
graceful yet strong and imposing bulwark, one of the most beautiful
buildings in the world. The numerous villas, churches such as
Santa Maria Maggiore’s and San Pietro in Mavino’s,
the wondurful frescoes, unique portals, belfries, battlements,
arches and columnus, the hamlets of Lugana and Colombare, wich
like inviting gardens lead to the centre of the town, all are
slats of the fan known as Sirmione.
Sirmione, however, is something more…
Sirmione, spa and resort, spirit and culture,
restaurants and refined discotheques, thermal baths and outstanding
hotels, gastronomy and pizza, excellent wine, markets and fashion
shops, the International Academy of Ballet, the Catullus Award
for Literature, Lunapark and Gardaland – a child’s
paradise – the meeting point of tradition and future…
Sirmione Italy on the Lake.
Here one finds and meets others. Sirmione is simple and complex,
young and old, full of life and movement but also silent and
contemplative, the Eldorado of water sports and a dreamy village
in the twilight. Contrast. Sirmione is like
a fan with many slats, but it remains unique in its essence. |
- Fax
