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Comune in Lombardy, Italy
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Desenzano del Garda is in Brescia province, by Lake Garda.
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Duomo
A Baroque church with Last Supper fresco by Gian Battista Tiepolo.
Some modest remains of a Roman villa with mosaics, excavated in 1921.
Castle
Giovanni Rambotti Museum
It shows the many finds, which were found in the peat bog of Polada lying between Desenzano and Lonato and in the territory Lavagnone. It was a prehistoric lake-dwelling, which was located 5 kilometers from the center today. The museum shows among the many finds also a plow made of oak from the southern Alpine Bronze Age (about 2200 BC).
15th century castle with a nice natural garden and ornithological museum. A visit to the castle can be additionally combined with Casa del Podestà (House of the Podestà)
The town centre is small enough to explore on foot. If your accommodation is out of the centre then take a local bus to get there.
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