Le <strong>limonaie</strong>: <strong>un</strong> patrimonio da salvareLe <strong>limonaie</strong>, ineguagliabi<strong>le</strong> patrimonio storico ed architettonicodel <strong>Garda</strong>, restano oggi a documentare <strong>un</strong> passato <strong>di</strong> lavoro e <strong>di</strong>fatica. Per salvaguardar<strong>le</strong> sono stati promossi interventi significativi:a Tigna<strong>le</strong> la Com<strong>un</strong>ità Montana dell’Alto <strong>Garda</strong> ha ristrutturatonel 1985 tre cò<strong>le</strong> del giar<strong>di</strong>no del Pra dela fam; a <strong>Limone</strong>l’Amminis<strong>tra</strong>zione com<strong>un</strong>a<strong>le</strong> ha rimesso in pristino nel 2004 <strong>le</strong><strong>limonaie</strong> del Castèl e <strong>di</strong> Villa Boghi. Restauri sono stati attuati oprogettati anche a Toscolano Maderno e a Gardone Riviera.Lemon houses: a heritage to saveThe <strong>le</strong>mon houses, which are an incomparab<strong>le</strong> historical andarchitectural <strong>le</strong>gacy of Lake <strong>Garda</strong>, are vestiges of a laboriousand productive past. Several major projects have been la<strong>un</strong>chedto preserve them. The Com<strong>un</strong>ità Montana dell’Alto <strong>Garda</strong> restoredthree cò<strong>le</strong> terraces of the Pra dela fam <strong>le</strong>mon house in Tigna<strong>le</strong> in1985, and the city of <strong>Limone</strong> restored the Castèl and Villa Boghi<strong>le</strong>mon houses in 2004. Restoration projects are <strong>un</strong>derway orpen<strong>di</strong>ng also in Toscolano Maderno and Gardone Riviera.La limonaia del Pra dela fam.The Pra dela fam <strong>le</strong>mon house.22
La limonaia del Pra dela fam a Tigna<strong>le</strong>Al Pra dela fam, minuscola striscia <strong>di</strong> terra <strong>sul</strong> lago <strong>tra</strong> <strong>le</strong> foci dei torrentiPiovere e Baès, con atto del 27 luglio 1754 la famiglia Parisini <strong>di</strong>Gargnano venne in possesso del terreno su cui fece costruire <strong>un</strong> primogiar<strong>di</strong>no, oggi denominato “Giar<strong>di</strong>no vecchio”; nel 1850 vi aggi<strong>un</strong>se,esposto più a sud, il “Giar<strong>di</strong>no nuovo”, su otto cò<strong>le</strong>.I due giar<strong>di</strong>ni del Pra, <strong>un</strong>itamente a quello appena più a nord denominatoÀngerer o Àngher, sempre <strong>di</strong> proprietà Parisini, produssero limonifino al primo Novecento. Poi il “Giar<strong>di</strong>no vecchio” fu abbandonato ase stesso; dalla metà degli anni Sessanta anche l’Àngher e il “Giar<strong>di</strong>nonuovo” vissero stagioni incerte.I proprietari cercarono soluzioni alternative, ma senza successo. Nel1985, per iniziativa della Com<strong>un</strong>ità Montana dell’Alto <strong>Garda</strong>, sonostati recuperati 75 campi del “Giar<strong>di</strong>no nuovo”; attualmente vi sono inproduzione <strong>un</strong> centinaio <strong>di</strong> agrumi, <strong>di</strong> cui 66 limoni.The Pra dela fam <strong>le</strong>mon house in Tigna<strong>le</strong>Accor<strong>di</strong>ng to a document dated July 27, 1754, the Parisini family ofGargnano bought land at Pra dela fam, a tiny strip of land along thelake between the mouths of the Piovere and Baès Torrents, where theybuilt their first garden, now cal<strong>le</strong>d the “Old Garden”. In 1850 they addedthe “New Garden”, further south, that covered eight terraces.The two gardens of Pra, together with the one further north cal<strong>le</strong>dÀngerer or Àngher, which was always owned by the Parisini family,produced <strong>le</strong>mons <strong>un</strong>til the early 20 th century. The Old Garden was laterabandoned and in the mid-sixties the Àngher and “New Garden” alsoexperienced periods of crisis.The owners <strong>un</strong>successfully sought alternative solutions. In 1985,the Com<strong>un</strong>ità Montana dell’Alto <strong>Garda</strong> restored 75 plots of the “NewGarden”, planted with about one h<strong>un</strong>dred citrus plants, inclu<strong>di</strong>ng 66<strong>le</strong>mon trees.La limonaia del Pra dela fam è aperta al pubblico tutti i merco<strong>le</strong>dì, dal<strong>le</strong> ore15 al<strong>le</strong> 17; da apri<strong>le</strong> ad ottobre è visitabi<strong>le</strong> anche il sabato dal<strong>le</strong> ore 15 al<strong>le</strong>17 e la domenica dal<strong>le</strong> ore 10 al<strong>le</strong> 12.The Pra dela fam <strong>le</strong>mon house is open to the public every Wednesday, from3:00 to 5:00 p.m. From April to October, it is also open from 3:00 to 5:00p.m. on Saturday and from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on S<strong>un</strong>day.23