Idro

Idro
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Brescia  (BS)
Local name	Ìder
Coordinates	45 ° 44 ′  N , 10 ° 29 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 44 ′ 0 ″  N , 10 ° 29 ′ 0 ″  E
height	368  m slm
surface	22 km²
Residents	1,899 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	86 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	25074
prefix	0365
ISTAT number	017082

Southern tip of Lake Idro with Crone (foreground), Lemprato (behind), Pieve Vecchia (background), Tre Capitelli (right, partly covered by branches)

Idro ( German : Ider ) is a municipality in the Val Sabbia with 1899 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the northern Italian Alps , west of Lake Garda . It is located on Lake Idro .

Location and dates

The place consists of the districts Tre Capitelli, Pieve Vecchia, Lemprato, Crone, Vantone, Paröle and Vesta. There is no district of Idro. The neighboring municipalities are Anfo , Bagolino , Bondone (TN), Capovalle , Lavenone , Treviso Bresciano , Valvestino . The place is located on the narrow south side of Lake Idro and has about 1887 inhabitants (as of February 28, 2007) with an area of ​​22 km².

Settlements and memorial stones partly testify to the Rhaeto-Romanic times. Some castles, old town houses and many churches date from the Middle Ages . Fortifications like the Rocca d'Anfo (belongs to the municipality of Anfo) were built in Venetian times. There are not yet any large new building complexes, so that the typical Italian atmosphere has been preserved in the area and the villages, in the narrow streets, courtyards decorated with flowers and old courtyards.

Districts

Tre Capitelli

Tre Capitelli is the only district on the west bank of the lake.

Pieve Vecchia

Pieve Vecchia (old parish) is the "traffic junction" of the place: From the state road SS237 from Ponte Cáffaro to Brescia the provincial road SP58 branches off via Capovalle to Gargnano on Lake Garda .

Lemprato

Lemprato is the first district on the east bank. This is where the Ostuferstrasse begins and ends in Vesta. Lemprato houses the parish church, a school, a kindergarten and the town hall.

Crone

The largest district is Crone on the southeast bank. Around 1910, the overburden from nearby tunnels (see under Vesta) was removed from the lake, which now forms the market square and park. Crone is also considered the economic center of Idro. Most of the shops for daily needs are here, and there are several restaurants and bars. The municipality's town hall is also located on the outskirts of Crone. The district is the starting point for a via ferrata tour on the Cima Crench .

Vantone

Vantone is characterized by several, very nicely laid out and well-known campsites among campers. Here the mountain stream Rio Vantone plunges into the lake, on whose alluvial cone is Vantone.

Paroils

Paröle is a settlement that consists almost exclusively of weekend houses.

Vesta

Vesta lies on the alluvial cone of the Rio Vesta. As in Paröle, there are only holiday homes here. Vesta is the last district on the east side of the lake that can be reached by car from the south. Paröle and Vesta could only be reached by land with vehicles after tunnels pierced the rocks, which protrude steeply into the lake, made it possible to drive through (around 1910).

photos

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  Crone Market Place

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  Shopping alley in Crone

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  Church in Crone

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  The Rocca d´Anfo fortress

Web links

Commons : Idro  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.