Trips

Sat., 5/13/23 - Iseo to Trento

During our transfer from Iseo to the city of Trento, we stopped in Desenzano on Lake Garda, the largest of the Italian lakes. While there, we took a nice stroll through the town, visiting a leather shop, the Castle Ricetto, and the Duomo. There were many very attractive building façades to look at along the way.

On the way to Brixen	Solar panels
Light house on Lake Garda in Desenzano	Boats on Lake Garda
	Gargoyle
Italians will put a restaurant anywhere	On the walk up the hill to the old castle, we stopped at a leather shop. A young couple hand-make top quality leather wallets and bags/purses and an assortment of house goods. All the materials are sourced in Italy.
Sewing machine at the El Mato leather shop	Spools of twine
Tower of Castello Ricetto	Building façade
Building façade	Building façade
Roofs and Lake Garda	The views of the lake from the castle were very nice. The castle was closed for renovations but the courtyard was set up for a concert and gallery.
Castello Ricetto	View of Lake Garda from Castello Ricetto
View from Castello Ricetto	View from Castello Ricetto
Head of an infantry rifleman from the Bersaglieri unit of the Italian infantry - marksmen	Local market
Local market	The duomo, Ste. Maria Maddelena, had large framed paintings, an elaborate altar and organ, and unusual side chapels, but no stained glass windows.
Dome of St. Maria Maddelena - the Duomo	Organ of St. Maria Maddelena
St. Maria Maddelena	Roof-top plants
Monument to all fallen in all wars - Ai Caduti di Tutte le Guerre	Statue by Mario Gatti
Sailboats on Lake Garda	Street scene
The next stop was at the Frantoio Manestrini olive oil mill for a tour, tasting, and lunch. There are 500 species of olives in Italy and 30 kinds grow well in this area of Lake Garda. The olive flowers appear in March and the fruit is ripe for picking in October or early November. Some antique machines, as well as modern machines, were on display. The machines are used to separate the fruit from the leaves, wash the olives, cut/chop/squeeze, and then mash them. This mill produces only cold pressed olive oil. A centrifuge separates the water (then used to water trees) and oil, and the oil goes to a filter and then to be bottled. The pits can be burned for heat or used in making biofuel. We tasted 5 kinds of the olive oil they produce. Lunch was a variety of olive oil items on bread with cheese and salamis, and a rice and lettuce salad made with olive oil, of course. It was interesting and filling.
	Paintings of dancers done by one of the owners
Wooden plaque	Old olive press wheels
A Twin-Bowl Decanter (whatever that does)	Bottler
Beer for lunch	On the way to Trento it rained hard for a short time, but the rest of the time we actually had sun and had lovely views of the mountains and the castles on the slopes.
Medieval castle at Padenghe sul Garda	Another castle
Lots of castles in this area	Waterfall
After check-in, the group took a brief orientation walk and then visited the SASS - Spazio Archeologico Sotterraneo del Sas museum. When the music theater (Theatre Social) was being renovated, they found part of the ancient Roman city of Tridentum underneath. Italian archeologists preserved some of the ruins as an underground museum. Among the ruins on display are part of the main street with the elaborate water and sewer channels below the large paving stones and parts of two rooms with mosaic floors.
Trento - Theatre Social	Fancy
SASS Underground Archaeological Space	SASS - Ruins from a road in the Roman city of Tridentum
Floor mosaics from the ruins of the Roman city of Tridentum
	Medallion on a building in Trento

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