Nago–Torbole

Nago–Torbole (Nach e Tùrbule in local dialect) is a comune (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 30 kilometres (19 miles) southwest of Trento on the north shore of Lake Garda.

The municipality of Nago–Torbole contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Torbole (Turbel), Nago (Naag), and Tempesta.

Torbole, at 67 metres (220 ft) above sea level, is situated on the extreme north-western appendix of the Baldo chain and it is set as an amphitheatre on Lake Garda.

It is mentioned for the first time in 1203, in a document relating to a dispute between the people of Nago and the Bishop of Trento, Conrad II de Beseno.

Goethe was 37 years old and upon seeing the blue expanse of Lake Garda and the silver olive-groves, he experienced for the first time the atmosphere and mild climate of the places extolled by the Classics, and he wrote that he had achieved happiness.

The painter Hans Lietzmann bought a large olive grove on the lake's shore (behind the Hotel Paradiso) and opened a school of nude art.

Late April 1945: As the Allies advanced, German forces began retreating from their positions in northern Italy, including Nago-Torbole.

Partisan groups and local residents took control of key positions in the town, anticipating the arrival of Allied forces.

Some German forces attempted to hold their positions but faced overwhelming pressure from both the partisans and the approaching Allied troops.

The current tourist centre evolved in the second half of the last century from a village of fishermen, farmers and mountaineers, into a seasonal health-resort for European travellers, like the neighboring Riva and Arco.

In 1183 the Pope Lucius III assigned it, together with the surrounding olive grove, to the Cistercian Abbey of Saint Lorenzo in Trento, Italy.

After being ravaged by French troops in 1703, the church was rebuilt in the Late Baroque style, but some architectural elements have been recovered, as testified by the dates sculptured on the base of the two rocky arches of the transept.

In the Hairpin bends of the road that brings to Nago are the so-called Giant's pot (Italian: Marmitte dei Giganti) representing the evidence of erosive phenomena from the glacial era, which occurred when a wide glacier covered the territories.

The windsurfing club (Circolo Surf Torbole) founded in 1979 and counts 250 associates, including the Olympic champion Alessandra Sensini.

Torbole from above
Via Segantini, a back street in Torbole.
A view of Nago from Penede castle.
15th century print of Venetian ships.
Map of the route taken by the Venetian fleet through the valley of Loppio, by the Adige River to the Lake Garda.
Lake Garda at Torbole's harbor.
The ruins of Penede castle.
The Saint Andrea church.
Cliff wall on road to Nago.
Carne Salada and beans.
Torbole cauliflower
Il Broccolo di Torbole