Peschiera del Garda is one of the most characteristic of Lake Garda,Verona side of Lake Garda ,Veneto,Italy

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Peschiera del Garda is one of the most characteristic of Lake Garda, overlooking the low point in the Verona side of Lake Garda where the waters converge nell'emissario Mincio and is surrounded by canals. The historic center of Peschiera del Garda is surrounded by walls that fact has changed the natural course of river. The first settlements date back to the Bronze Age (typical specimens were found: arrowheads, swords, etc.). Peschiera in Roman times became an important center: there is the testimony of Pliny the Elder and the name Peschiera. To facilitate networking, in addition to the natural area of the lake and the Mincio, which allowed rapid communication to the city of Mantua, was built in Roman times, known as the Via Gallica linking Bergamo and Brescia to Verona, just touching the knot of Peschiera del Peschiera on the Mincio to Salionze for the accuracy, tradition reports that Pope Leo I has stopped Attila the scourge of God, "without weapons, the ford of the Mincio 492 after a campaign of conquest and destruction initiated by remote territories of Asia Minor.

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