Peschiera is an exceptional and rare example of a waterway fortified city: it is charming pentagon-shaped city-fortress nestled on the shores of Lake Garda, in the Riviera degli Ulivi, in the Veneto Region
The majestic wall is a military construction designed by Guidobaldo della Rovere, and built, starting in 1549, by Michele Sanmicheli, a Verona-born architect and urban planner of Mannerist style, one of the most important architects of his time. The fortification “alla moderna” (bastioned system), a term referring to the new defensive system conceived in Italy from the 15th century to overcome the introduction of gunpowder and artillery, is superimposed on the pentagon shape of the preexisting medieval structure, with the addition of five bastions and two entrance doors.
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