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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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“Limoni, prego, limoni del <strong>Garda</strong>!”Il 1929 fu l’anno dell’avvio dei lavori <strong>di</strong> costruzione della“Gardesana occidenta<strong>le</strong>”. Dall’ottobre 1931, rompendo il secolareisolamento, l’arteria mise in com<strong>un</strong>icazione <strong>Limone</strong> conGargnano e Riva del <strong>Garda</strong>: sembrava prospettarsi <strong>un</strong> avveniremigliore per il paese.In effetti con la s<strong>tra</strong>da prese <strong>le</strong>ntamente avvio il fenomeno turistico,anche se in forma occasiona<strong>le</strong> e limitata.E per i limoni prodotti si idearono nuove modalità <strong>di</strong> commercializzazione:molti al<strong>le</strong>stirono nel<strong>le</strong> piazzo<strong>le</strong> l<strong>un</strong>go la s<strong>tra</strong>da, sottogli s<strong>tra</strong>piombi <strong>di</strong> roccia, all’ombra <strong>di</strong> olivi e cipressi, treppie<strong>di</strong>e carretti per esporre e vendere mazzi <strong>di</strong> limoni ed arance agliautomobilisti in <strong>tra</strong>nsito.“Buy your <strong>Garda</strong> <strong>le</strong>mons here!”Construction on the Gardesana Occidenta<strong>le</strong> road began in 1929.Centuries of isolation ended in October 1931 when the road wasinaugurated and finally linked <strong>Limone</strong> with Gargnano and Rivadel <strong>Garda</strong>. The future looked much brighter for the town.Afterwards, tourism gradually increased, although it was still verylimited and spora<strong>di</strong>c.Peop<strong>le</strong> thought up of new ways to sell the local <strong>le</strong>mons. Many set uptab<strong>le</strong>s and parked their carts along the road, beneath the toweringcliffs and in the shade of olive and cypress trees, to <strong>di</strong>splay andsell <strong>le</strong>mons and oranges to peop<strong>le</strong> driving on the road.Giacomo Fava vende “màse de limù”<strong>sul</strong>la Gardesana.Giacomo Fava sells “màse de limù”on the Gardesana road.20

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