Limone sul Garda explained

Limone sul Garda
Official Name:Comune di Limone sul Garda
Native Name:Limù
Coordinates:45.8083°N 10.7875°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Region:Lombardy
Province:Brescia (BS)
Mayor:Franceschino Risatti
Area Total Km2:26
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:1177
Population As Of:2011
Population Demonym:Limonesi
Elevation M:69
Day:July 10
Postal Code:25010
Area Code:0365

Limone sul Garda (Gardesano: Limù) is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy (northern Italy), at the western bank of Lake Garda.

History

Despite the presence of famous cultivations of lemons (the meaning of Italian: limone in Italian), the town's name is probably derived from the ancient Undetermined: lemos (elm) or Latin: limes (Latin: boundary, referring to the communes of Brescia and the Bishopric of Trento). Between 1863 and 1905 the denomination of the comune was Limone San Giovanni.

On 13 September 1786, the famous German poet J. Wolfgang Goethe passed by the village by boat and described with these words its lemon gardens:

"We passed Limone, the mountain-gardens of which, laid out terrace-fashion, and planted with citron-trees, have a neat and rich appearance. The whole garden consists of rows of square white pillars placed at some distance from each other, and rising up the mountain in steps. On these pillars strong beams are laid, that the trees planted between them may be sheltered in the winter. The view of these pleasant objects was favored by a slow passage, and we had already passed Malcesine when the wind suddenly changed, took the direction usual in the day-time, and blew towards the north."

(Italian Journey, J. Wolfgang Goethe, 1816–17)[3]

Until the 1940s, the town was reachable only by lake or through the mountains, with the road to Riva del Garda being completed in 1932, but today Limone is one of the most renowned tourist resorts in the area.

Municipal government

Limone is headed by a mayor (Italian: sindaco) assisted by a legislative body, the Italian: consiglio comunale, and an executive body, the Italian: giunta comunale. Since 1995 the mayor and members of the Italian: consiglio comunale are directly elected together by resident citizens, while from 1945 to 1995 the mayor was chosen by the legislative body. The Italian: giunta comunale is chaired by the mayor, who appoints others members, called Italian: [[assessor (Italy)|assessori]]. The offices of the Italian: comune are housed in a building usually called the Italian: municipio or Italian: palazzo comunale.

Since 1995, the mayor of Limone is directly elected by citizens, originally every four, then every five years. The current mayor is Franceschini Risatti, elected for a fourth term on 10 June 2024.

MayorTerm startTerm endParty
Giovanni Battista Martinelli24 April 199514 June 2004Ind
Franceschino Risatti14 June 200427 May 2019Ind
Antonio Martinelli27 May 201910 June 2024Ind
Franceschino Risatti10 June 2024IncumbentInd

Health

In 1979, researchers discovered that people in Limone possess a mutant form of apolipoprotein (called ApoA-1 Milano) in their blood, that induced a healthy form of high-density cholesterol, which resulted in a lowered risk of atherosclerosis and other cardiovascular diseases.[4]

The protein appears to have given residents of the village extreme longevity - a dozen of those living here are over the age of 100 (for c. 1,000 total inhabitants). The origin of the mutation has been traced back to a couple who lived in Limone in the 17th century.[5] Research has been ongoing to develop pharmaceutical treatments against heart disease based on mimicking the beneficial effects of the ApoA-1 mutation.[6]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The World Gazetteer . 2007-02-22 . https://archive.today/20130209195319/http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?men=gpro&des=gamelan&geo=488971078 . 2013-02-09 . dead .
  2. Web site: ISTAT . demo.istat.it . 30 September 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184737/http://demo.istat.it/bilmens2011gen/index02.html . 3 March 2016 .
  3. Web site: Italian Journey, Goethe . Duke University . 16 January 2019.
  4. Sirtori. C. R.. Calabresi. L.. Franceschini. G.. Baldassarre. D.. Amato. M.. Johansson. J.. Salvetti. M.. Monteduro. C.. Zulli. R.. Muiesan. M. L.. Agabiti-Rosei. E.. Cardiovascular status of carriers of the apolipoprotein A-I(Milano) mutant: the Limone sul Garda study. 1949–1954. 17 April 2001. 11306522. 103. 15. Circulation. 10.1161/01.cir.103.15.1949. free.
  5. Web site: LONG LIFE IN LIMONE - Visit Limone Sul Garda. Visit Limone Sul Garda. 17 August 2017.
  6. News: Lowe. Derek. The Long Saga of Apo-A1 Milano. 17 August 2017. In the Pipeline. 16 November 2016.