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19-468: Bussolengo borders with the municipalities of Castelnuovo del Garda , Lazise , Pastrengo , Pescantina , Sona and Verona . Its civil parish ( frazione ) is the village of San Vito al Mantico. Bussolengo is twinned with: The church of San Valentino was mentioned for the first time in a code that once belonged to the church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Bussolengo, it is said that in the year 1339

38-446: A family inheritance, governing at first with the acquiescence of the commune, then, when they failed to re-elect him in 1262, he effected a coup d'état and was acclaimed capitano del popolo ("people's captain"), at the head of the commune's troops. In 1277 Mastino was killed by a faction of the nobles. The reign of his son Alberto as capitano (1277–1302) was an incessant war against the counts of San Bonifacio , who were aided by

57-633: A fortify town, Quadrivium was renamed Castrum 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 the Lord of Verona (Signoria degli Scaligeri), the Lord of Milano (Signoria dei Visconti), the Venetian Republic , the Austrian empire (see the next chapter for

76-595: A self-proclaimed Gilbert bishop of Tiberias, would have re-consecrated the church the 12 April the church violated by Venetian-Florentine or Bavarian soldiers fighting with the Scaligeri. In the first half of the XV century, it counts two cycles of frescoes, one inside and the other outside, narrating the stories of Saint Valentine. Under the south portico, prior to the two cycles, there is the Crucifixion which dates back to

95-622: Is an Italian comune (municipality), in the Province of Verona , in Veneto , on a couple of morainic hills a few kilometers south-east of Lake Garda . Verona is about 20 km to the east, Venice is 140 km east and Milan 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 of Bussolengo , Lazise , Peschiera del Garda , Sona , and Valeggio sul Mincio . Gardaland ,

114-536: Is dedicated to Santa Maria Maggiore. It is not known when and how the church was built but a parchment from 1199 says it already exists. In 1717 Important works were carried out in the church and next to it, with the reconstruction of the apse and the sacristy, by the three Confraternities, that of the Blessed Sacrament, that of Santa Maria Maggiore, and that of the Most Holy Rosary which financed

133-472: The House of Este . Of his three sons, Cangrande I inherited the podestà position in 1308, only the last shared the government (1308) and made a name as warrior, prince and patron of Dante , Petrarch and Giotto . By war or treaty he brought under his control the cities of Padua (1328), Treviso (1329), and Vicenza . Cangrande I was succeeded by his nephews Mastino II (1329–1351) and Alberto . Mastino,

152-454: The "Castelnuovo massacre"), and eventually becoming part of the Regno d'Italia with the third Italian independence war and the consequential Armistice 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

171-528: The Latinized de Scalis ), was the ruling family of Verona and mainland Veneto (except for Venice ) from 1262 to 1387, for a total of 125 years. When Ezzelino III was elected podestà of the commune in 1226, he was able to convert the office into a permanent lordship. Upon his death the Great Council elected as podestà Mastino I , who succeeded in converting the signoria (seigniory) into

190-486: The Milanese, but he died ten days thereafter, and Verona then submitted to Venice (1405). The last representatives of the Scaligeri lived at the imperial court and repeatedly attempted to recover Verona by the aid of popular uprisings. After the Scaligeri had been ousted, two self-proclaimed members of the family, Giulio Cesare della Scala (also known as Julius Caesar Scaliger ) and his son Joseph Justus Scaliger , made

209-615: The biggest amusement park in Italy, is expanding mainly within the Castelnuovo municipality, close to Lake Garda shores. From few archaeological rests found on the top of the main hill (called monte Alto), probably Castelnuovo del Garda was already inhabited during the prehistorical age. During the Roman period, it was first known as Beneventum , and after renamed Quadrivium which literally means 4 roads, or crossroad. Indeed, its location

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228-540: The church and the medieval tower) by the Austrian empire army, during the first Italian independence war . That day, 400 men of the Corpo Volontari Lombardi 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. The Austrian army

247-507: The erection of the current "Luogo dei Quaranta" almost symmetrical to the sacristy. The facade was raised in 1870 to a design by Don Angelo Gottardi. The current bell tower, over 50 meters high, is the work of architect Giuseppe Rossignati, who presented the project in 1888 after the Gottardi facade had been completed. [REDACTED] Media related to Bussolengo at Wikimedia Commons Castelnuovo del Garda Castelnuovo del Garda

266-491: The fourteenth century. Monumento ai Caduti is a memorial that was erected on 4 November 1930 in memory of the fallen of World War I . After World War II a plaque was inaugurated with the names of the fallen of Bussolengo. The monument consists of a basin with a marble outline from Sant’Ambrogio. The height is 17 meters. Four artistically modeled marble dolphins are placed on the sides of the monument and four bronze eagles stand at about 5 m high. The parish church of Bussolengo

285-472: The indignation of the people, who deserted him when Gian Galeazzo Visconti of Milan made war on him. Having exhausted all his resources, he fled from Verona at midnight (19 October 1387), thus ending the Scaliger domination. His son Can Francesco attempted fruitlessly to recover Verona (1390). Guglielmo (1404), natural son of Cangrande II, was more fortunate: with the support of the people, he drove out

304-673: The richest and most powerful prince of his generation in Italy, continued his uncle's policy, conquering Brescia in 1332 and carrying his power beyond the Po river . He purchased Parma (1335) and Lucca (1339). A powerful league was formed against him in 1337: Florence, Venice, the Visconti , the Este and the Gonzaga all joined, and after a three-year war , the Scaliger dominions were reduced to Verona and Vicenza. His son Cangrande II (1351–1359)

323-465: Was a cruel and suspicious tyrant; not trusting his own subjects, he surrounded himself with German mercenaries, but was killed by his brother Cansignorio (1359–1375), who beautified Verona with palaces, provided it with aqueducts and bridges and founded the state treasury. He also killed his other brother, Paolo Alboino . Fratricide among the Scaligeri continued when Antonio (1375–1387), Cansignorio's natural son, slew his brother Bartolomeo. This aroused

342-453: Was headed by the field marshal Joseph Radetzky , who was serving in Verona, and the commander Whillerm Thurn. The Italian Volontari had been sent by Major Luciano Manara and commanded by Agostino Noaro. Scaliger The House of Della Scala , whose members were known as Scaligeri ( Italian: [skaˈliːdʒeri] ) or Scaligers ( / ˈ s k æ l ɪ dʒ ər z / ; from

361-650: Was strategical being at the crossroad between the Via Gallica (which was connecting the modern Torino with the modern Venezia passing by Milan , the actual SS11), and a connection with the Via Claudia Augusta (which was connecting central Italy with Austria passing by the Val d'Adige and the Alps). In the 12th century, Quadrivium has been destroyed by Frederick Barbarossa . Consequentially rebuilt as

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