Museums and archaeological remains, Roman on Lake Garda

Roman Villa Brenzone

Roman Villa Brenzone

one of the great Roman villas of Lake Garda

The Roman Villa Brenzone is a recent discovery of the end of the 20th century, extending the cemetery of Castelletto, came to light in the walls of a Roman villa from the first century BC which, by extension and importance of the finds is in the measure of villas already found in other locations on the lake (Sirmione, Toscolano, Desenzano); for now it is the first on the veronese side, about two thousand square meters, articulated on various levels, exploiting the slope to the lake; the story of this villa is then intertwined with that of the church of San Zeno, built in medieval high on what should be a place of worship belonging to the villa, also using parts from it.
Roman Villa Brenzone
  • via Ca' Romana, 37010 Brenzone Vr

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