Hotel dichtbij de Arena van Verona

Garda lake's Theater

Arena di Verona and Vittoriale degli Italiani

The poet Gabriele D'Annunzio imagined the ideal theater to present his ideas like A marble basin under the stars : naturally embedded in the beautiful surroundings of the Vittoriale, modeled after Wagner in Bayreuth. Should be called "Parlaggio". The poet himself chose the place: a viewpoint of the park, from which one can admire the island of Garda, the Monte Baldo, the Sirmione peninsula and especially the beautiful Rocca of Manerba, where Goethe seems to recognize the profile of Dante. The work began between the years 34 and 35, but was soon interrupted because of financial difficulties, at the beginning of the war and made worse by the death of the poet. The work began twenty years later, in year 52, and was completed the following year by Mario Moretti and Italo Maroni, Gian Carlo's brother.