PRODUCTIONS: ONE YEAR IN THE LAKE OF GARDA

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Marco Preti

The Coral Climb

52 minutes

HD

In the centre of north Italy, there is a place famed for the beauty of its landscape, the mildness of its climate, the majesty of its setting. It’s a place once popular with the ancient Romans, a piece of the Mediterranean locked away among the imposing mountain chains of the Alps…It’s called The Valtenesi.

Nestled among the morainic hills and the banks of Lake Garda the Valtenesi stretches from the Gulf of Salo’ to the Bay of Desenzano. It contains some ten or so communes, each linked to its own ancient castle: Soiano, Moniga, Manerba, Polpenazze, San Felice, Padenghe.

For centuries The Valtenesi was a farming area: beautiful but exceedingly poor. The economic boom linked to tourism has radically changed the nature of the villages and their inhabitants. Fields and vineyards have given way to new housing, residences and hotels. But there’s a part of the Valtenesi that’s remained intact, romantic, a reminder of a time gone by.