Gardone Riviera

Gardone Riviera
Comune
Comune di Gardone Riviera
Panorama of Gardone Riviera Panorama of Gardone Riviera
Gardone Riviera Location of Gardone Riviera in Italy
Coordinates:
Country	Italy
Region	Lombardy
Province / Metropolitan city	Brescia (BS)
Frazioni	Fasano, San Michele, Morgnaga, Tresnico
Government
• Mayor	Andrea Cipani
Area
• Total	20 km2 (8 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	2,782
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	25083
Dialing code	0365
Website	Official website

Gardone Riviera is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. It is situated on the western shore of Lake Garda.

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.

External links

• Gardone picture gallery