SAN FELICE DEL BENACO

The town is located in a central position on the hill that divides Salo and the Manerba Gulf. The surroundings, inhabited since ancient times, reveal evidence of pilework sites, findings of the Roman Age, and of an ancient necropolis. The whole region has a great landscape value with the beautiful localities of Portese and the fascinating Garda island. There also are stunning sightseeing towards the lowest Benaco basin. On the typical Salo and Manerba gulfs, for example, the Rocca outline appears on the lake sand and seems to picture Italian poet Dante Alighieri's profile.

From an Artistic point of view the seventeenth century Town Hall, once Pity Mountain, needs to be mentioned together with the little San Fermo church of the XV cent, which keeps a fresco painting by Giovanni from Ulma; and the sixteenth century parish church which keeps a Romanino painting of the Virgin in Glory and of Saints, together with C. Carloni and Bertanza pictures. By far, the most interesting element is the Carmine Sanctuary with cypresses that give their shade to the entrance porphyry pavement. Of a Romanesque - Gothic influence, this building is near a protyrus with a fine bell tower. The inside stands out for the gothic big arches and for the beautiful fourteenth - fifteenth century fresco pictures cycle. In this circle are the paintings made by famous Maestro San Felice, showing Saints and Annunciation, are to be mentioned.