The Vittoriale degli Italiani in Gardone
A Gardone sulla sponda bresciana del Lago di Garda
I have found an old villa on Lake Garda … It is full of beautiful books … The garden is lovely, with its pergolas and terraces on the hillside. And the warm light lets me breathe against Rome. I will stay here a few months to finally end the “Nocturne” “
Gabriele d’Annunzio
The Vittoriale degli Italiani is a 1921-1938 built monument complex of buildings, paths, squares, outdoor theater, gardens and waterways. It covers about nine acres on the hills of Gardone Riviera with the dominant panorama of the lake. Every year there are wonderful events with the greatest Italian actors, celebrities from the world of dance as Carla Fracci and Eleonora Abbagnato and international music stars such as Lou Reed, Michael Bolton and Patti Smith.