Torri del Benaco | |
Official Name: | Comune di Torri del Benaco |
Coordinates: | 45.6167°N 51°W |
Region: | Veneto |
Province: | Verona (VR) |
Frazioni: | Albisano, Pai |
Mayor: | Stefano Nicotra |
Area Total Km2: | 51.4 |
Population Total: | 2963 |
Population As Of: | 1 January 2011[1] |
Population Demonym: | Torresani |
Elevation M: | 67 |
Postal Code: | 37010 |
Area Code: | 045 |
Torri del Benaco is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about 130km (80miles) west of Venice and about 30km (20miles) northwest of Verona, on the eastern coast of the Lake Garda.
Torri del Benaco borders the following municipalities: Brenzone, Costermano, Garda, Gardone Riviera, Gargnano, Salò, San Felice del Benaco, San Zeno di Montagna, and Toscolano-Maderno. It is home to a 14th-century castle which belonged to the Scaliger family, and which perhaps occupies the site of an ancient Roman castrum. It now houses an Ethnographic Museum.
Torri del Benaco is twinned with: