Salò

Salò is an elegant and popular holiday resort sitting in a marvelous position on the bay of the same name where it is protected from northerly winds.
It was founded in Roman times with the name of Salodium and in the 13th century was the administrative centre of the “Magnifica Patria”which reunited the villages on the Brescian side of the lake with a part of Valsabbia.
This glorious past is mirrored in Salò’s beautiful historic centre with its large houses built between 1400 and 1600 and the 15th century late Gothic Cathedral with its rich renaissance portal.
Inside there are canvases by Romanino, the school of Paolo Veneziano, and Andrea Celesti. There is a series of summer concerts given in the churchyard with appearances by major European orchestras. Close by, the Palazzo Fantoni (XVI century) houses the Athenaeum library, documents of the Magnifica Patria, the Nastro Azzurro Museum and the “Anton Maria Mucchi” Archeological Museum.
This last collects curiosities from the Risorgimento to the Second World War during which Salò was the capital of the Repubblica Sociale Italiana from 1943 to 1945.
Along the lakeside there are bars, icecream shops, restaurants and boutiques, that’s why it is the favourite place where to go for a walk.