Piazetta Dalmata, La Prioria, Vittoriale degli

Piazetta Dalmata in the Prioria, home of Gabriele D'Annunzio, 1863-1938, Italian writer, soldier and fascist, at Vittoriale degli italiani, or The Shrine of Italian Victories, his estate and museums at Gardone Riviera, Lake Garda, Brescia, Lombardy, Italy. In the centre of the Dalmatian Square is a stone cylinder with 8 heads of bearded men, representing the 8 veins of the Italian rose. The house was originally the Villa Cargnacco, which was rebuilt by Gian Carlo Maroni from 1922 and developed until 1955. The estate consists of the Prioria, where d'Annunzio lived 1922-38, an amphitheatre, the protected cruiser Puglia, the MAS vessel used by D'Annunzio in 1918 and a mausoleum. It is part of the Grandi Giardini Italiani. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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1922-55 Arcade Brescia Cargnacco Dalmata Dalmatian Degli Fondazione Gabriele Gallese Garda Gardone Gian Giardini Grandi Italiani Lombardy Maroni Montenevoso Piazetta Prioria Riviera Shrine Victories Vittoriale

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