Riva del Garda
Encyclopedia : R : RI : RIV : Riva del Garda
Riva del Garda is a town of 14,734 inhabitants in the province of Trento (Italy).
Geography
Riva del Garda is located in the north-west corner of Garda Lake also called Benàco (70 m above see level). Westward raises steeply Mount Rocchetta (1,575 m) while eastward Mount Baldo (2,218 m). This setting makes of Riva del Garda one of the most spectacular spots of Garda Lake.
Economy
Tourism is the most important activity of the town. There exists however other industrial activities like paper manufacturing.History
Riva del Garda belonged to the republic of Venice and later to the Austro-Hungarian empire until 1918, and since then to Italy.Museum
The Museo Civico is placed in the Rocca, a medieval fortress placed on the lake, bounded by a canal with lifting bridge. It is the seat of frequent cultural activities especially during summer.Main sights
Notable is the Tenno Lake (6 Km northward), the Ledro Lake (5&nbskp;km westwards) with its paleoetnographic museum and the Varone falls (3 km northwards) of great geological interest.Sports
With its two harbours Riva del Garda is well equipped for the sport of sailing and windsurfing. Also rock climbing is practised.
Trentino-South Tyrol · Communes of the province of Trento
| Ala | Albiano | Aldeno | Amblar | Andalo | Arco | Avio | Baselga di Pinè | Bedollo | Bersone | Besenello | Bezzecca | Bieno | Bleggio Inferiore | Bleggio Superiore | Bocenago | Bolbeno | Bondo (TN) | Bondone | Borgo Valsugana | Bosentino | Breguzzo | Brentonico | Bresimo | Brez | Brione | Caderzone | Cagnò | Calavino | Calceranica al Lago | Caldes | Caldonazzo | Calliano | Campitello di Fassa | Campodenno | Canal San Bovo | Canazei | Capriana | Carano | Carisolo | Carzano | Castel Condino | Castelfondo | Castello Tesino | Castello-Molina di Fiemme | Castelnuovo | Cavalese | Cavareno | Cavedago | Cavedine | Cavizzana | Cembra | Centa San Nicolò | Cimego | Cimone | Cinte Tesino | Cis | Civezzano | Cles | Cloz | Commezzadura | Concei | Condino | Coredo | Croviana | Cunevo | Daiano | Dambel | Daone | Darè | Denno | Dimaro | Don | Dorsino | Drena | Dro | Faedo | Fai della Paganella | Faver | Fiavè | Fiera di Primiero | Fierozzo | Flavon | Folgaria | Fondo | Fornace | Frassilongo | Garniga Terme | Giovo | Giustino | Grauno | Grigno | Grumes | Imer | Isera | Ivano-Fracena | Lardaro | Lasino | Lavarone | Lavis | Levico Terme | Lisignago | Livo | Lomaso | Lona-Lases | Luserna | Malosco | Malè | Massimeno | Mazzin | Mezzana | Mezzano | Mezzocorona | Mezzolombardo | Moena | Molina di Ledro | Molveno | Monclassico | Montagne | Mori | Nago-Torbole | Nanno | Nave San Rocco | Nogaredo | Nomi | Novaledo | Ospedaletto | Ossana | Padergnone | Palù del Fersina | Panchià | Peio | Pellizzano | Pelugo | Pergine Valsugana | Pieve Tesino | Pieve di Bono | Pieve di Ledro | Pinzolo | Pomarolo | Pozza di Fassa | Praso | Predazzo | Preore | Prezzo | Rabbi | Ragoli | Revò | Riva del Garda | Romallo | Romeno | Roncegno | Ronchi Valsugana | Roncone | Ronzo-Chienis | Ronzone | Rovereto | Roverè della Luna | Ruffrè | Rumo | Sagron Mis | Samone | San Lorenzo in Banale | San Michele all'Adige | Sant'Orsola Terme | Sanzeno | Sarnonico | Scurelle | Segonzano | Sfruz | Siror | Smarano | Soraga | Sover | Spera | Spiazzo | Spormaggiore | Sporminore | Stenico | Storo | Strembo | Strigno | Taio | Tassullo | Telve | Telve di Sopra | Tenna | Tenno | Terlago | Terragnolo | Terres | Terzolas | Tesero | Tiarno di Sopra | Tiarno di Sotto | Tione di Trento | Ton | Tonadico | Torcegno | Trambileno | Transacqua | Trento | Tres | Tuenno | Valda | Valfloriana | Vallarsa | Varena | Vattaro | Vermiglio | Vervò | Vezzano | Vignola-Falesina | Vigo Rendena | Vigo di Fassa | Vigolo Vattaro | Villa Agnedo | Villa Lagarina | Villa Rendena | Volano | Zambana | Ziano di Fiemme | Zuclo'' |
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.