LAZISE

A very fascinating example of a little town, surrounded by medieval enclosing walls, Laize appears on the eastern bank of Garda, on the widest point of the lake, on the bottom of fruitful hills that form the moreinic gardesan amphitheatre.

It is a very appreciated resort from an urbanistc and monumental point of view, it has got an ancient central core very goodly kept, with buildings which are historically and artistically very interesting.

It was a pilework site, a roman pagus called Lasitium (from Latin word lacus, lake), becoming, then, a free Common supplied with a great autonomy. From the end of the XII cent. it was acquired by Scaligeri, passing then to Visconti and Venetian until the National unification. The Scaligero Castle, with battle walls, forms together with Porta Nuova the medieval fortifications. The Custom or Harbour, is a good example of Venetian engineering and is connected to an ancient portal system. The Romanesque di S. Nicolò (XII cent.) church, with a bell tower which was rebuilt in the eighteenth century, has on is side a picturesque and fascinating harbour where traditional fishing boat are moored. An interesting fourteenth century fresco painting cycle can be found within the Romanesque enclose.