{"id":7843,"date":"2024-02-14T17:36:22","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T17:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotelmenapace.it\/?p=7843"},"modified":"2024-02-19T17:05:57","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T17:05:57","slug":"lemons-of-lake-garda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotelmenapace.it\/en\/lemons-of-lake-garda\/","title":{"rendered":"Lemons of Lake Garda"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lemons are fruits that <\/span>originated in China and India<\/b> and were imported to Europe by the <\/span>Arabs<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cultivated in southern and central Italy they arrived on Lake Garda <\/span>brought by St. Francis of Assisi<\/b> and his friars who founded a <\/span>monastery in Gargnano<\/b> on the western shore of Lake Garda.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is also evidenced by the <\/span>bas-reliefs depicting the fruit<\/b> found on the capitals of the columns of the <\/span>cloister of San Francesco<\/b> in Gargnano.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The mild climate<\/strong> of Lake Garda allowed the plants to be grounded<\/strong>, and they began to be cultivated in increasing numbers throughout the lake area but mainly on the western side<\/strong> that receives the warm rays of the morning sun<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

To protect<\/strong> then from the winter cold, the characteristic lemon houses<\/strong> were built, allowing the plants to be covered with tarps, protecting them from night frost and wind<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Guaranteed from the danger of cold weather, the cultivation of lemons became <\/span>more intense<\/b>, and the Brescian shore of the lake from Limone to Sal\u00f2 became famous as the <\/span>northernmost citrus growing place in the world<\/b> (46\u00b0 north latitude).<\/span><\/p>\n

Thus began the business of trading lemons to<\/span> Germany and Russia<\/b>, where they were in high demand mainly for two reasons, the first: their great <\/span>richness in vitamin C<\/b>, which was very useful in <\/span>combating scurvy<\/b>, a disease that was then widespread in Europe. Secondly for the <\/span>citric acid<\/b>, which at that time was extracted solely from lemons and was used as a <\/span>food preservative and disinfectant<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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This activity led to a radical <\/span>change in the economy of the area<\/b>, fishermen, ranchers and farmers devoted themselves to this far more lucrative trade, this also led to the <\/span>displacement of entire families<\/b> from the mountainous hinterland to the lake.<\/span><\/p>\n

The northernmost states, which were the main importers of citrus fruits, preferred Garda lemons to those of southern Italy because of the <\/span>lower number of crossing duties<\/b> between the various municipalities of the still ununified Italy and because of the fruit’s characteristics that were <\/span>more resistant <\/b>to cold climates.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Things changed <\/b>when in 1861 with the <\/span>unification of Italy<\/b>, inland customs were abolished and lemons from southern Italy grown in the open air year-round with lower production costs began to compete with Garda lemons, industries discovered ways to produce <\/span>synthetic citric acid<\/b>, and scurvy was eradicated.<\/span><\/p>\n

Production began to decline<\/b> to disappear almost completely with the arrival of the tourist economy on the lake.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Citrus Gardens Festival “I Giardini d\u2019Agrumi”<\/span><\/h2><\/span>
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In <\/span>Gargnano<\/b>, the festival ” I Giardini d’Agrumi” held every year in April, (<\/span>April 13 and 14, 2024<\/b>) is the event dedicated to the<\/span> promotion<\/b> and enhancement of the beautiful Upper Garda lemon houses and the citrus fruits that are still grown in them, for productive or decorative purposes.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the <\/span>Cloister of St. Francis<\/b>, a pomology table of the more than <\/span>50 varieties of citrus<\/b> fruits grown in Upper Garda is set up, as well as a display of <\/span>tools <\/b>once used for citrus farming in Garda.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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