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.,''..:lqtiArlir:tilitilt:TorboleL"Ln C.PJ. Reqicnt,'1')' of Ital5, and of \terola,,,rith irnperial, communal Gar-,itr. 'I'here ar:ose castles ancllri\\'erS on evel')r height and in-:r'en- cit.v. Aftcr tlte rvar ltei\r-ss11\''enice and thc Visconti,\-enice rernalne(l supt'cnie. TheI 'amblian \\'ar also iracl its,-Fi-ssds. 0n Gzrrda. and foli,-rwingit, Peschieril \vas fortiriedand tr'lalcesinc' was rrclinated subtoit. l'irst Na-'I-'c'leon, then Austria, reducedalso (*arda to sen'itude; theirars of the Risorgimento re-'leemeclit for the most part,trce|lt for its northern ltoutt-,laries; but Vittorio YenertoLiolnpleted the rvork of rcdempiionand now the tricolor \\ra\restriumphantlv at Riva, and evenfurt]rer, much further, as faras the natural l:oundaries oftire Alps.267'-r'R'\ \'E l-,INU l:t'()ltl ( ia rtlaI 1o lorri causos tts to arlmireprobabl-t more than eiservherethe grancliose and variedbeantr. of the lalie. u'hichrr'idens in thc' lou'el basin. tlar'-l'ows to the nolth. and whiler onthc lh'e--qcian shore there is arralmost uninterruptetl series o1'buildings from Salo to Gargnano,on the Gartlcsana. as itdraws a\\.a)- from the boat, onlyclean anrl smiling little townsare to be seen..\rrd oll tlre ttiottttlttitrs.clothed in chestnut, oak anclbeech trees, there lises in allits imposing mass Baldo }Iountain,lending to the scene agrandiose nrajesty. Here isBardolino, celebrated f or itswines, which gives its narne tothe coast. A r.cry ancient cit-v,it still retains traces of the hari-raliarrsancl the J-i,orrrans. Itslord-c rvere the Ferrno family,rvhosc palace. of a beautifularchitecture. houseci Marial,ouisa. Anrong its rtumerousr-illas there rnerit special atterrtionthe Guellierri and the Gianfilippi,rrhere Alexander I ofItnssia arrd tr'erclinando I\r of-\aples sojournecl. 'Ihe cib' hasJ.reen moclelnizecl ; nearby th,erelises tlte uronnruent to the war'ricad, the u'olk of the sculptorI:0ro. Soon there are to ber-lemolishetl the g^ates that renderaugust the roacl at tJre headof n'hiclr is the church. Therefollorvs Garda, the ancientqueen of the lake, u.hich restscourfortabh'like a siren at thefoot of the gulf, beautiful witha serene and unforgettablebeaut-r. Here Belengar II hadimprisonecl in tire toner, witl-L