Torri del Benaco is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Province of Verona in the
Italian region
Veneto
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, located about west of
Venice
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and about northwest of
Verona, on the eastern coast of the
Lake Garda
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.
Torri del Benaco borders the following municipalities:
Brenzone,
Costermano,
Garda,
Gardone Riviera,
Gargnano,
Salò,
San Felice del Benaco,
San Zeno di Montagna, and
Toscolano-Maderno. It is home to a 14th-century castle which belonged to the
Scaliger family, and which perhaps occupies the site of an ancient Roman ''
castrum''. It now houses an Ethnographic Museum.
Gallery
File:Burcht Torri del Benaco.jpg
File:Torri del Benaco-Eglise Sts Pierre et Paul.jpg, Church
File:Torri.JPG, Old Port
File:Torri del Benaco-Place Eglise.jpg
File:Torri-plages-1.jpg
File:Torri del Benaco-coucher-2.jpg
Twin towns
Torri del Benaco is
twinned with:
*
Cadaqués, Spain, since 2006
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Veneto
Populated places on Lake Garda
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