Polenta with cheese Carbonéra, balòta, polenta cónsa: three perfect matches between polenta and cheese narrate an ancient history of migrations between Monte Baldo, the Lombardy valleys and the Veneto plains. La Balóta Typically made by farmers who lead their herds to alpine pastures around Lake Garda in the summertime, it’s a simple dish that consists […]
Of the many traditional cheeses made on Monte Baldo, a few exquisite varieties include: Monte Veronese, Monte, Casàt in oil, and young and fragrant Casatèle. These cheeses were once produced in dedicated mountain huts known as baiti. Monte Veronese This delicacy is protected by the European Union and was one of the very first Italian […]
La Madonna della Cintura la si onora la prima domenica di settembre, ed è ricorrenza religiosa. Il culto venne diffuso dagli agostiniani. Si racconta che Santa Monica, madre di Sant’Agostino, si rivolse alla Vergine, chiedendo quale abito mettere dopo la scomparsa del marito. Maria le apparve con le vesti indossate alla morte del sacro Figliolo: una lunga […]
I forti italiani del “settore Val d’Adige Monti Lessini” erano costituiti: da opere risalenti all’epoca austriaca, rimaneggiate tra il 1882 e il 1884, da forti poligonali edificati a partire dal 1885 e successivamente in parte riammodernati e da batterie blindate tipo “Rocchi”, realizzate lungo la linea di confine tra il 1906 e il 1915.Le fortificazioni […]
In 1627 the death of Vincenzo II Gonzaga, the Duke of Mantua, without any direct heirs to the duchy, unleashed a dispute over his succession. This culminated in 1630 with a siege by the Empire, which ultimately conquered and raided Mantua. Along with the German troops, however, also came the bubonic plague, which in one […]
The day of Saint Michael is celebrated every year in Prada Bassa, traditionally marking the end of the summer pasture season on Monte Baldo. In May farmers head up the mountain, leading a total of approximately three thousand cows to pasture on Monte Baldo. During the summertime, therefore, the world of malghe comes alive with […]
Pastoralism on Monte Baldo dates as far back as the Copper Age (at the end of the 4th millennium BC) and the Bronze Age. Small local communities began to bring their herds from the plains and hills up into the mountains to pasture, as they also hunted and sought shelter underneath natural stone outcroppings that […]
Malga Valvaccare is located at an elevation of 1546 m, near the midway skilift stop between Prada and Costabella. Si trova nell’omonima Val Vaccara, un altopiano dalla morfologia particolarmente interessante posto sul versante occidentale del gruppo del Monte Baldo e solcato trasversalmente dalle gole dei torrenti che scendono verso il sottostante Lago di Garda. […]
The name comes from the Zinevrèi family, who once owned most of the buildings and land here. The once isolated contrada was connected to San Zeno and Capra by the “Strada Comunale di Pai” (Pai Municipal Road). Still today, the village displays its original characteristics, with courts made up of stone houses, stables and haylofts, […]
Borno is an old contrada perched above Lake Garda at 571 m above sea level. It lies on the right side of the Sandalino Valley, along the ancient municipal road of the same name. Today only a handful of people still inhabit these splendid old stone houses, dedicating themselves primarily to agriculture. Its name seems […]
