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Boat jetty. Lake Garda, Italy
Boat jetty. Lake Garda, Italy. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
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- Boat jetty. Lake Garda, Italy
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- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Lake Garda
How working water, access and organised sailing shaped Lake Garda.
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Riva del Garda (Rìva in local dialect) is a town and comune in the northern Italian province of Trento of the Trentino Alto Adige region.
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1273
A working shore
The medieval Torre Apponale is a medieval tower first mentioned in 1273, but probably older.
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1936
The route to the water
However, the railway line closed in 1936 and the railway terminus has been converted into a restaurant.
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ISS053-E-136542 (Lago di Garda) large
ISS053-E-136542 (Lago di Garda) large. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
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- ISS053-E-136542 (Lago di Garda) large
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ORGANISED SPORT
Sailing becomes organised
With its two harbours, Riva del Garda is popular for sailing and windsurfing.
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THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Lake Garda is recorded at 45.870° N, 10.840° E as an inland venue. A course drawn here is temporary: wind, current, shore and marks determine the water that sailors actually meet.
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Boat jetty. Lake Garda, Italy
Boat jetty. Lake Garda, Italy. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Boat jetty. Lake Garda, Italy
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
TODAY
Lake Garda now
Lake Garda remains a lived-in place as well as a sporting destination.
Its present identity continues to depend on the relationship between residents, visitors, access and the landscape or water that first shaped it.
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THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
Boat jetty. Lake Garda, Italy
AOD.EU.LAKE-GARDA.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
ISS053-E-136542 (Lago di Garda) large
AOD.EU.LAKE-GARDA.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Riva del Garda overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.