On the cape that the river Toscolano, with a job of millenia, has formed along the western side of the Garda, lies the two localities of Toscolano and Maderno, than today constitute only common an administrative one. It seems that ancient Toscolano has been inhabited I' of " Benacum " of the Roman, from which taken to name the lago; the takeover testified Roman and from many archaeological finds, and of the historians inclines in the assertion that this village has been later on destroyed from a alluvium. Maderno instead, from the IX to XIV the century you capoluogo of bresciana Riviera and summery center of the Gonzaga principles of Mantova. It passed then under the Veneto dominion that had term in 1797.From the 1300's you flowers one important industry paper manifacturing; in the fractions of Cecina and Messaga the first printing offices rose from which had made in the 1487, also the Bible that you serve to Martin Lutero for its translation in German language. The industry paper manifacturing and still a much important factor for the economy of the zone, even if currently is Toscolano that Maderno has become known and attended tourist centers. To signal that a ferry transports the machines from this port to that one of Towers of the Benaco on the veronese side. The Romanesque church of sant' Andrea to Maderno, of XII the century, possesses one strict facade and a carved door. In the inner conserve sculptures in age stone longobarda, a painted small of Paolo Veneziano and cripta with tombale stone the Roman. Parochial of the Sant' Ercolano to Maderno and of the ' 700 with paintings of Paolo Veronese and Palma il Giovane

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