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Tra le limonaie di Limone sul Garda un percorso tra storia e cultura ...

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Com<strong>un</strong>e <strong>di</strong> <strong>Limone</strong> <strong>sul</strong> <strong>Garda</strong>Town of <strong>Limone</strong> <strong>sul</strong> <strong>Garda</strong>L’osservatore che approda per la prima volta <strong>sul</strong>la sponda brescianadel <strong>Garda</strong> esprime imme<strong>di</strong>ato interesse verso <strong>le</strong> tante costruzioni,<strong>di</strong> grandezza <strong>di</strong>versa ma molto simili, che si affacciano<strong>sul</strong> lago e <strong>di</strong> cui non conosce il motivo della presenza. Vecchiefortificazioni, ruderi <strong>di</strong> abitazioni particolari o forse fabbricatidestinati all’agricoltura? Vera ammirazione oggi, così comecinquant’anni fa, od ancor <strong>di</strong> più, quando <strong>Limone</strong> e l’alto lagoerano certamente meno frequentati.L’attenzione aumenta quando all’indomani dal suo arrivo, in <strong>un</strong>afresca mattinata so<strong>le</strong>ggiata e con il vento che fasti<strong>di</strong>oso scompigliai capelli, può vedere più da vicino e toccare con mano <strong>un</strong> ambiente<strong>un</strong>ico. Dopo aver superato anfratti e risalito anguste sca<strong>le</strong>,si ritrova al cospetto <strong>di</strong> piante cariche d’agrumi, con <strong>le</strong> muraglieche d’incanto tolgono <strong>le</strong> folate: il nostro visitatore s’accorge chefra quei muri i raggi del so<strong>le</strong> <strong>di</strong>ventano più vigorosi.Questo accade anche alla limonaia del Castèl dove, dopo i lavori<strong>di</strong> restauro, l’apertura giornaliera è <strong>di</strong>ventata <strong>un</strong>a bella realtà. Abreve verrà opport<strong>un</strong>amente illuminata, per favorire visite seraliche si preann<strong>un</strong>ciano molto significative.Ed in virtù dell’interesse che cresce <strong>di</strong> giorno in giorno, è statorafforzato l’impegno dell’Amminis<strong>tra</strong>zione com<strong>un</strong>a<strong>le</strong> ottenendo,a livello gardesano, l’inserimento della struttura nella ReteMusea<strong>le</strong> Alto <strong>Garda</strong> e proponendo, a livello loca<strong>le</strong>, <strong>un</strong>a sorta<strong>di</strong> <strong>percorso</strong> che, oltre alla stessa del Castèl (ove è stata ancheri<strong>di</strong>pinta la “Madonna dei Limoni”), abbraccia altre <strong>limonaie</strong>,come quella del Tesöl o quella del Parco Villa Boghi. Quest’ultimaè stata realizzata <strong>di</strong> recente su <strong>un</strong> paio <strong>di</strong> terrazze già in passatoa<strong>di</strong>bite ad agrumeto; qui si possono ammirare bellissime foto edapprendere notizie <strong>sul</strong>l’agrumicoltura, con interessanti pannelliThe visitor arriving for the very first time on the Brescian shoreof Lake <strong>Garda</strong> is imme<strong>di</strong>ately struck by the many similar constructionsof various <strong>di</strong>mensions facing the lake and by theirmysterious purpose. Are they old fortifications, the remains of<strong>un</strong>usual dwellings, or perhaps farm buil<strong>di</strong>ngs? These structuresare just as admired today as they were more than a half centuryago, when <strong>Limone</strong> and the upper lake area were certainly <strong>le</strong>ssfamous as tourist spots.The interest increases the day after his arrival, on a cool, s<strong>un</strong>nymorning with a brisk breeze tousling his hair, when he can take acloser look at this <strong>un</strong>ique place. After negotiating win<strong>di</strong>ng recessesand climbing narrow steps, he finds himself stan<strong>di</strong>ng before citrustrees laden with fruit, with towering columns acting as sentinelsand walls that magically block the gusts of wind. Our visitor alsorealizes that the s<strong>un</strong>’s rays feel hotter within these walls.This also happens at the recently restored Castèl <strong>le</strong>mon house,which is open daily for visits and will soon be illuminated at night,making spectacular evening visits possib<strong>le</strong>.Due to this growing interest, the town Adminis<strong>tra</strong>tion has created a“museum” itinerary with not only the Castèl <strong>le</strong>mon house (wherethe “Madonna of the Lemons” was repainted), but also the Tesöland Villa Boghi Park <strong>le</strong>mon houses.The last one was recently built on several terraces that were usedas citrus groves in the past. Here you can admire beautiful photographsand <strong>le</strong>arn more about citrus farming through interestingbotanical and mythological info panels kindly on loan from thetown of Riva del <strong>Garda</strong>, the Autonomous Province of Trento, theProvince Agency for Environmental Protection, and the TridentinoMuseum of Natural Science.

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