Castelnuovo del Garda | |
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| Comune di Castelnuovo del Garda | |
 Castelnuovo del Garda | |
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| Coordinates:45°26′N10°46′E / 45.433°N 10.767°E /45.433; 10.767 | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Veneto |
| Province | Verona (VR) |
| Frazioni | Oliosi, Sandrà, Cavalcaselle |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Giovanni Peretti (Casa dei cittadini) |
| Area | |
• Total | 34.7 km2 (13.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 130 m (430 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 12,469 |
| • Density | 359/km2 (931/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Castelnovesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 37014 |
| Dialing code | +39 045 |
| Patron saint | Santa Maria Nascente |
| Website | Official website |
Castelnuovo del Garda is an Italiancomune (municipality), in theProvince of Verona, inVeneto, on a couple ofmorainic hills a few kilometres south-east ofLake Garda.Verona is about 20 km to the east,Venice is 140 km east andMilan 140 km west.
Castelnuovo del Garda has a short beach on the lake, between the municipalities of Peschiera del Garda and Lazise. The comune borders the municipalities ofBussolengo,Lazise,Peschiera del Garda,Sona, andValeggio sul Mincio.
Gardaland, the biggest amusement park in Italy, is expanding mainly within the Castelnuovo municipality, close to Lake Garda shores.
From a few archaeological remains found on the top of the main hill (called Monte Alto), probably Castelnuovo del Garda was already inhabited during the prehistoric age.
During the Roman period, it was first known asBeneventum, and was later renamedQuadrivium which literally means 4 roads, or crossroad. Indeed, its location was strategical being at the crossroad between theVia Gallica (which was connecting the modernTorino with the modernVenezia passing byMilan, the actual SS11), and a connection with theVia Claudia Augusta (which was connecting central Italy withAustria passing by theVal d'Adige and the Alps).
In the 12th century, Quadrivium was destroyed byFrederick Barbarossa. Consequently, rebuilt as a fortified town, Quadrivium was renamedCastrum Novum (which means New Castle), and the name has remained unchanged with the Italian version Castelnuovo.
During the centuries, Castelnuovo passed under different political controls, from theLord of Verona (Signoria degli Scaligeri), theLord of Milano (Signoria dei Visconti), theVenetian Republic, theAustrian empire (see the next chapter for the "Castelnuovo massacre"), and eventually becoming part of the Regno d'Italia with thethird Italian independence war and the consequentialArmistice of Cormons, in the 1866.
Only in 1970, Castelnuovo took its actual name, Castelnuovo del Garda, to highlight its location close to the Lake Garda shores.
On 11 April 1848, Castelnuovo del Garda was almost totally destroyed and burned (including the church and the medieval tower) by the Austrian Empire army, during thefirst Italian independence war. That day, 400 men of theCorpo Volontari Lombardi [it] fought against 3,000 Austrian soldiers, which consequentially burned the city, killing around 89 local citizens (46 of them women and children) as reprisal for the revolutionary actions that were taking place in the region.[4][5][circular reference]
The Austrian army was headed by the field marshalJoseph Radetzky, who was serving in Verona, and the commander Whillerm Thurn. The Italian Volontari had been sent by MajorLuciano Manara and commanded by Agostino Noaro.
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