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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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I limoni a <strong>Limone</strong>Sicuramente la coltura agrumicola era praticata a <strong>Limone</strong> giàdai primi anni del Seicento. Lodovico Bettoni (1770-1828), nelsuo Diario, fa risalire al 1610 <strong>un</strong> primo impianto <strong>di</strong> limoni nelgiar<strong>di</strong>no della Garbéra. In <strong>un</strong> quadro datato 1658, custo<strong>di</strong>to nellacanonica della parrocchia<strong>le</strong> e raffigurante Sant’Antonio abate,con <strong>sul</strong>lo sfondo <strong>Limone</strong>, compaiono i pilastri <strong>di</strong> <strong>un</strong>a limonaia.Ma fu nella seconda metà del Seicento, con l’arrivo della famigliaBettoni, che la coltivazione e il commercio dei limoni <strong>di</strong>edero<strong>un</strong>’improvvisa acce<strong>le</strong>razione alla poverissima economia limonese.Il merito fu <strong>di</strong> Carlo Bettoni e dei suoi figli Giacomo, Gian Domenicoed Arcangelo che acquistarono terreni in località Garbéra, Se eReamòl per ampliarvi i giar<strong>di</strong>ni esistenti e costruirne <strong>di</strong> nuovi.Lemons in <strong>Limone</strong>Citrus fruits were grown in <strong>Limone</strong> already in the early 17 th century.Lodovico Bettoni (1770-1828) stated in his <strong>di</strong>ary that thefirst <strong>le</strong>mon grove was planted in a garden of Garbéra in 1610. Apainting from 1658 <strong>di</strong>splayed in the rectory of the parish churchpor<strong>tra</strong>ys Saint Anthony Abbot with <strong>Limone</strong> <strong>sul</strong> <strong>Garda</strong> and thepillars of a <strong>le</strong>mon house in the backgro<strong>un</strong>d.But it was in the second half of the 17 th century, with the arrival ofthe Bettoni family, that the cultivation and sa<strong>le</strong> of <strong>le</strong>mons gave asudden boost to the poor <strong>Limone</strong> economy. The merit goes to CarloBettoni and his sons Giacomo, Gian Domenico and Arcangelo,who bought land in Garbéra, Se and Reamòl to expand existinggardens and build new ones.<strong>Limone</strong> in <strong>un</strong> particolare del quadro <strong>di</strong> Sant’Antonio, del 1658, custo<strong>di</strong>to nella canonica della parrocchia<strong>le</strong>; a sinis<strong>tra</strong> della chiesa è visibi<strong>le</strong> <strong>un</strong>a limonaia.<strong>Limone</strong> in a detail of the painting from 1658 of Saint Anthony fo<strong>un</strong>d in the parish church rectory; a <strong>le</strong>mon house can be seen to the <strong>le</strong>ft of the church.

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