Caprino Veronese

Caprino Veronese is a characteristic locality in the province of Verona, at the base of Monte Baldo, unites the charm of its roads full of history with the beauty of the mountain landscape. The lanes, delimited by the typical walls in morainic pebbles, the numerous fountains and wash-tubs, the ancient capitals and the precious sundials that still mark the time on the walls of some houses, tell the stories of the daily life and the traditions of this charming village.

 Province: Verona

Caprino Veronese is located at the base of Monte Baldo, which borders the north, while to the south is the morainal amphitheater, many of its villages are scattered on the slopes of the mountain. In the municipality, there is the upper basin of the rate from the sources to the plain of Camporengo. The locations are varied, some medieval: Boi, Caprino, Ceredello, Lubiara, Pazzon, Pesina, una napoleonica: Vilmezzano, altre di epoche varie: Lubiara, Pazzon, Gaon, Porcino, Rubiana, San Martino, Lubiara

The name comes from the Celts who settled in Cauri 400a.C. In 89 BC There is the Roman conquest and enters the circle of the Municipality of Verona, but later the Romans able to really dominate the territory. In the tenth century it was granted by King Berengar in Caprino and the countries of the area to be able to build a fort to defend against the Hungarians, in the twelfth century. adheres to the League Veneta and collides against Frederick Barbarossa, which destroys the castle Pesina. Between the fifteenth and eighteenth century under the Republic of Venice and suffers a plague epidemic in 1603. A turning point is given in the eighteenth century, when it became village, home to the market and rebuilt the church, built Villa Carlotti, Palazzo Zuccolmagno. After the unification of Italy Caprino Veronese knows his best moments, becomes the capital district, logistics center, shopping center between Baldo, Lake Garda and the morainic hills.

Villa Cariola, Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista, Chiesa-oratorio di S.Cristina, Chiesa di San Rocco, Parrocchiale di Caprino, Chiesa di San Martino, Chiesa di S.Rocco, Chiesa di San Eurosia, Chiesa della Madonna della Mercede, Molino di Valsecca, Fornace di Porcino, le calchere, le giassare, Villa Nichesola-Rigo, Villa Nichesola-Aldrighetti, Villa Colpani-Beccherle, Villa Nichesola-Zambellini, Villa Carlotti, Villa Bagatta-Zuccalmaglio-Zanetti, Villa Nichesola-Sometti, Villa Negrelli, Villa Simoncelli-Maestrello, Fontane e lavatoi, Villa Bevilacqua