Tra le limonaie di Limone sul Garda un percorso tra storia e cultura ...
Tra le limonaie di Limone sul Garda un percorso tra storia e cultura ...
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J. Wolfang Goethe e <strong>le</strong> <strong>limonaie</strong> <strong>di</strong> <strong>Limone</strong>Famosa è la descrizione del<strong>le</strong> <strong>limonaie</strong> <strong>di</strong> <strong>Limone</strong> che J. WolfangGoethe, passando in barca da Torbo<strong>le</strong> a Malcesine, <strong>tra</strong>cciò nelViaggio in Italia; d’<strong>un</strong> colpo il paese, i suoi giar<strong>di</strong>ni e i limonien<strong>tra</strong>rono nel<strong>le</strong> pagine della <strong>le</strong>tteratura mon<strong>di</strong>a<strong>le</strong>:13 settembre 1786Il mattino era magnifico, <strong>un</strong> po’ nuvoloso, ma, al <strong>le</strong>var del so<strong>le</strong>,calmo. Passammo davanti a <strong>Limone</strong>, con i suoi giar<strong>di</strong>ni a terrazzesu per il pen<strong>di</strong>o dei monti; <strong>un</strong>o spettacolo <strong>di</strong> ricchezza e <strong>di</strong> grazia.L’intero giar<strong>di</strong>no consta <strong>di</strong> fi<strong>le</strong> <strong>di</strong> bianchi pilastri quadrangolariche sono collocati ad <strong>un</strong>a certa <strong>di</strong>stanza l’<strong>un</strong>o dall’altro, su peril declivio del monte, a gra<strong>di</strong>ni. Sopra questi pilastri sono collocatedel<strong>le</strong> robuste pertiche per coprire, in inverno, gli alberi checrescono negli intervalli. La <strong>le</strong>ntezza della <strong>tra</strong>versata favoriva l’osservazionee la contemplazione <strong>di</strong> questo piacevo<strong>le</strong> spettacolo 8 .J. W. Goethe and the <strong>le</strong>mon houses of <strong>Limone</strong>In his <strong>di</strong>ary, <strong>Tra</strong>vels in Italy, J. Wolfgang Goethe mentioned the<strong>le</strong>mon houses of <strong>Limone</strong> that he saw during a boat trip fromTorbo<strong>le</strong> to Malcesine on Lake <strong>Garda</strong>. This famous descriptionimme<strong>di</strong>ately brought the town, its gardens and <strong>le</strong>mons to theattention of the international literary world:September 13, 1786“The morning was magnificent: a bit cloudy, but calm as the s<strong>un</strong>rose. We sai<strong>le</strong>d past <strong>Limone</strong>, with its terraced gardens perched onthe hill slopes: it was a spectac<strong>le</strong> of ab<strong>un</strong>dance and grace. Theentire garden is composed of rows of square white pillars toppedby heavy beams to cover the trees that grow during winter. Theslow crossing made it possib<strong>le</strong> to better observe and contemplatethis p<strong>le</strong>asing spectac<strong>le</strong>” 8 .<strong>Limone</strong> in <strong>un</strong>a xilografia apparsa nel 1889 su “Uber Land <strong>un</strong>d Meer. Deutsche Illustrierte Zeit<strong>un</strong>g”.<strong>Limone</strong> in a xylograph that appeared in 1889 in “Uber Land <strong>un</strong>d Meer. Deutsche Illustrierte Zeit<strong>un</strong>g”.14
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