Valeggio sul Mincio

Valeggio sul Mincio extends between the green Morainic Hills of lake Garda (Colline Moreniche del Garda),

with its hamlets of Borghetto, Fontanello, Foroni, Salionze, Saint Lucia ai Monti, Vanoni and Remelli, just a few kilometers from Lake Garda and the charm of Verona and Mantua, with its courtyards and medieval villages, which are made even more impressive by the passage of the Mincio River, which runs through the valley. During the Middle Ages, these sites are of great importance, given the prime location of the boundary between the dominions of Scaliger, Gonzaga and Visconti, leaving traces in the Scaligero Castle and the magnificent forts that still dominate the area. Historical records, which date back to the bloody Napoleonic battles and wars of Independence that were settled here in Valeggio are accompanied by a precious landscape and botanical; to visit the magnificent Sigurtà Garden, considered one of the most beautiful in Europe , which also offers the possibility of excursions for disabled. Still, the hamlet of Borghetto sul Mincio, a beautiful medieval village with houses and old water mills along the river, which is perfect for walking and cycling thanks to the bike path that goes from here, following the course of the Mincio and reaching Peschiera and Lake Garda in the north and south lakes of Mantua. Do not miss the satisfaction by the throat: do not miss the typical tortellini, served in every restaurant in the area.

Valeggio sul Mincio castle

TERRITORY OF VALEGGIO SUL MINCIO

Province: Verona
Hamlets: Borghetto, Fontanello, Foroni, Salionze, Santa Lucia ai Monti, Vanoni e Remelli
Bordering municipalities: Castelnuovo del Garda, Marmirolo (Mn), Monzambano (Mn), Mozzecane, Peschiera del Garda, Ponti sul Mincio (Mn), Roverbella (Mn), Sommacampagna, Sona, Villafranca, Volta Mantovana (Mn).

The territory of Valeggio sul Mincio is quite extensive and includes the main fractions of Borghetto, Fontanello, Foroni, Salionze, Saint Lucia ai Monti, Vanoni and Remelli. Located south-west of Verona, which is 25 km and borders the province of Mantova and is bathed by the river Mincio. The population of Salionze creates an artificial barrier then the birth of two channels of the river from this well-watered, the channel Virgil and Seriola Prevaldesca.

HISTORY OF VALEGGIO SUL MINCIO

There are many tracks that evidence of human presence in the Mincio Valley as early as the Bronze Age, as well as several graves dating to the Iron Age, is significant the discovery of a large necropolis in the Celtic still below the current town which brings us back to the fourth century BC

Valeggio and Borghetto became urban centers in Longobard times, it can also be deduced by the same names that would mean respectively “level place” and “fortified settlement”. At the turn of the tenth and eleventh centuries, this territory came under the Kingdom of Germany. Its privileged geographic location will give Valeggio for centuries a strategic role in the military point of view, as it leads the Venetian and the hinge between the two fortresses of Mantua and Peschiera. Between 1200 and 1300 were built the Scaligero Castle and the Visconti Bridge, which still dominate the country giving a medieval atmosphere.

From the fifteenth to the late eighteenth century is Valeggio dominion of the Serenissima Republic of Venice, becoming in time a place of military garrison in agricultural center and milling, also renowned for the market of silkworms.

With the end of the Venetian Republic and after the Napoleonic battles, Valeggio passed in 1815 along with Lombardy and Veneto in the Austrian Empire. With the Risorgimento the hills of Valeggio will be the scene of the three wars of Independence (1848 – ’59-’66) that led to the creation of the Kingdom of Italy under the Savoy monarchy.

LOCAL PRODUCTS AND LOCAL CUISINE OF VALEGGIO SUL MINCIO

Tortellini di Valeggio, fresh egg pasta,