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Gardone Riviera Gardù de Riera
Comune
Comune di Gardone Riviera
Panorama of Gardone Riviera
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Location of Gardone Riviera
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Coordinates: 45°37′N 10°34′E / 45.617°N 10.567°E / 45.617; 10.567
Country	Italy
Region	Lombardy
Province	Brescia (BS)
Frazioni	Fasano, San Michele, Morgnaga, Tresnico
Government
• Mayor	Andrea Cipani
Area
• Total	20 km (8 sq mi)
Population
• Total	2,782
• Density	140/km (360/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	25083
Dialing code	0365
Website	Official website

Gardone Riviera (Gardesano: Gardù de Riera) is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. It is situated on the western shore of Lake Garda. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").

Twin towns

Gardone Riviera is twinned with:

• Arcachon, France, since 1980
• Pescara, Italy, since 2010

Main sights

• The Vittoriale degli Italiani is a former residence of the poet Gabriele D'Annunzio. He donated it to the Italian State before his death. It is now a national monument and houses a MAS fast military ship and the plane on which D'Annunzio raided Vienna.
• The English band King Crimson recorded in its auditorium the songs "Three of a Perfect Pair" and "Blastic Rhino" for the album Heavy ConstruKction recorded (June 21, 2000).
• The Giardino Botanico Fondazione André Heller is a botanical garden maintained by artist André Heller.

Sources

1. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
2. ISTAT Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
3. "Lombardia" (in Italian). Retrieved 31 July 2023.

External links

Media related to Gardone Riviera at Wikimedia Commons

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Italy Lombardy (Province of Brescia) Veneto (Province of Verona) Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol (Province of Verona)
Settlements	Bardolino Brenzone Castelnuovo del Garda Desenzano del Garda Garda Gardone Riviera Gargnano Lazise Limone sul Garda Malcesine Manerba del Garda Moniga del Garda Nago-Torbole Padenghe sul Garda Peschiera del Garda Riva del Garda Salò San Felice del Benaco Sirmione Tignale Torri del Benaco Toscolano-Maderno Tremosine
Islands	Isola del Garda Isola dell'Olivo Isola San Biagio Isola di Sogno Isola di Trimelone
Rivers	Mincio Sarca
Wines	Bardolino
People	Catullus Gabriele D'Annunzio

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