Peschiera del Garda

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Comune di Peschiera del Garda
Municipal coat of arms
Country	Italy
Region	Veneto
Province	Verona (VR)
Mayor	Umberto Chincarini

Elevation	68 m
Area	17.63 km²
Population
- Total (as of April 15, 2006)	8,479
- Density	499/km²
Time zone	CET, UTC+1
Coordinates	45°26′N, 10°41′E
Gentilic	Arilicensi
Dialing code	045
Postal code	37019, 37010
Frazioni	Peschiera, San Benedetto di Lugana, Broglie
Patron	St. Martin
- Day	November 11
Location of Peschiera del Garda in Italy
Website: www.peschieradelgarda.org

Peschiera del Garda is a town and comune in the province of Verona, in Veneto, Italy. When Lombardy-Venetia was under Austrian rule, Peschiera was the northwest anchor of the four fortified towns constituting the so-called Quadrilateral. The fortress is on an island in the Mincio River at its outlet from Lake Garda.

The fortress at Peschiera played a prominent part in most of the military campaigns conducted in northern Italy after 1400, but especially so during the Napoleonic wars. During the First Italian War of Independence, it was taken by the Piedmontese from the Austrians, after a gallant defence by General Rath lasting six weeks, on May 30, 1848.

Peschiera del Garda was also famous for his military jail, closed in 2002.

The comune is part of the Associazione Città del vino ("Association of Wine Cities").

In winter, the nearby Laghetto del Frassino the most important habitat for Tufted Ducks in Italy (Morbioli & Sighele 2006).

1 Main sights
2 Bounding communes
3 Twin cities
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Main sights

The Fortress and the external fortifications
Sanctuary of Madonna del Frassino (1511). It houses works by Paolo Farinati and Zeno da Verona

[edit] Bounding communes

[edit] Twin cities

[edit] References

Morbioli, Marco (2006). "L'avifauna del Laghetto del Frassino (Peschiera del Garda, Verona, Veneto)". Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona Botanica Zoologia (30): pp. 275-291. PDF fulltext