Ledro is an Italian

Italy

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 comune (municipality) in Trentino in northern Italy. It was created on January 1, 2010 by the union of the former comuni of Pieve di Ledro

Pieve di Ledro

Pieve di Ledro was a comune in Trentino in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. On January 1, 2010 it merged in the new municipality of Ledro, as its municipal seat.-History:On July 18, 1866 the village was the theatre of a battle part of the Third Italian War of Independence...

, Bezzecca

Bezzecca

Bezzecca was a comune in Trentino in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. On January 1, 2010 it merged in the new municipality of Ledro....

, Concei

Concei

Concei was a comune in Trentino in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. On January 1, 2010 it merged in the new municipality of Ledro....

, Molina di Ledro

Molina di Ledro

Molina di Ledro was a comune in Trentino in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. On January 1, 2010 it merged in the new municipality of Ledro...

, Tiarno di Sopra

Tiarno di Sopra

Tiarno di Sopra was a comune in Trentino in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. On January 1, 2010 it merged in the new municipality of Ledro....

 and Tiarno di Sotto

Tiarno di Sotto

Tiarno di Sotto was a comune in the Trentino in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. On January 1, 2010 it merged in the new municipality of Ledro....

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History

The municipality was created after a referendum

Referendum

A referendum is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. This may result in the adoption of a new constitution, a constitutional amendment, a law, the recall of an elected official or simply a specific government policy. It is a form of...

, called on November 30, 2008 in all the 6 comuni of the Ledro Valley.

Geography

The municipality counts the civil parishes (frazioni

Frazione

A frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...

) of Bezzecca

Bezzecca

Bezzecca was a comune in Trentino in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. On January 1, 2010 it merged in the new municipality of Ledro....

, Biacesa, Concei

Concei

Concei was a comune in Trentino in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. On January 1, 2010 it merged in the new municipality of Ledro....

, Enguiso, Legos, Lenzumo, Locca, Mezzolago, Molina di Ledro

Molina di Ledro

Molina di Ledro was a comune in Trentino in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. On January 1, 2010 it merged in the new municipality of Ledro...

, Pieve di Ledro

Pieve di Ledro

Pieve di Ledro was a comune in Trentino in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. On January 1, 2010 it merged in the new municipality of Ledro, as its municipal seat.-History:On July 18, 1866 the village was the theatre of a battle part of the Third Italian War of Independence...

 (the municipal seat), Pré di Ledro, Tiarno di Sopra

Tiarno di Sopra

Tiarno di Sopra was a comune in Trentino in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. On January 1, 2010 it merged in the new municipality of Ledro....

, Tiarno di Sotto

Tiarno di Sotto

Tiarno di Sotto was a comune in the Trentino in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. On January 1, 2010 it merged in the new municipality of Ledro....

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Ledro borders with the municipalities of Bleggio Superiore

Bleggio Superiore

Bleggio Superiore is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 25 km west of Trento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,540 and an area of 32.7 km².-Geography:...

, Bondone

Bondone

Bondone is a comune located about 50 km southwest of Trento in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, on the border with Lombardy...

, Cimego

Cimego

Cimego is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 40 km southwest of Trento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 418 and an area of 10.5 km²....

, Condino

Condino

Condino is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 45 km southwest of Trento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,507 and an area of 33.8 km²....

, Fiavè

Fiavè

Fiavè is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 25 km southwest of Trento...

, Limone sul Garda

Limone sul Garda

Limone sul Garda is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy , on the shore of Lake Garda.-History:Despite the presence of famous cultivations of lemons , the town's name is probably derived from the ancient lemos or limes Limone sul Garda is a town and comune in the province of...

 (BS

Province of Brescia

The Province of Brescia is a Province in Lombardy, Italy. It borders with the province of Sondrio in the N and NW, the province of Bergamo in the W, province of Cremona in the SW and S, the province of Mantova to the S, and to the east, the province of Verona and Trentino .Source for statistical...

), Magasa (BS), Nago-Torbole

Nago-Torbole

Nago-Torbole is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 30 km southwest of Trento on the north shore of Lake Garda...

, Riva del Garda

Riva del Garda

Riva del Garda is a town and comune in the northern Italian province of Trentino. It is also known simply as Riva. The estimated population is 15,151.- History :...

, Pieve di Bono

Pieve di Bono

Pieve di Bono is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 40 km southwest of Trento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,391 and an area of 20.9 km²....

, Storo

Storo

Storo is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 50 km southwest of Trento...

, Tenno, Tione di Trento

Tione di Trento

Tione di Trento is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 30 km west of Trento...

, Tremosine

Tremosine

Tremosine is a comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, near Lake Garda. It's divided into 18 little frazioni; Pieve is the frazione where there's the town hall, Vesio the biggest one...

 (BS) and Zuclo

Zuclo

Zuclo is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 30 km west of Trento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 344 and an area of 10.3 km²....

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Main sights

• Lake Ledro, not too far from the Lake Garda
  Lake Garda
  Lake Garda is the largest lake in Italy. It is located in Northern Italy, about half-way between Brescia and Verona, and between Venice and Milan. Glaciers formed this alpine region at the end of the last ice age...
  
  
• Giardino Botanico Preistorico di Molina di Ledro
  Giardino Botanico Preistorico di Molina di Ledro
  The Giardino Botanico Preistorico di Molina di Ledro is a botanical garden on the grounds of the Museo delle Palafitte del Lago di Ledro, located in Val di Ledro near Lake Garda at Via Lungolago, 1, Molina di Ledro, Trentino, Italy...
  
  , a botanical garden
  Botanical garden
  A botanical garden The terms botanic and botanical, and garden or gardens are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word botanic is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens. is a well-tended area displaying a wide range of plants labelled with their botanical names...
  
   of Bronze Age
  Bronze Age
  The Bronze Age is a period characterized by the use of copper and its alloy bronze as the chief hard materials in the manufacture of some implements and weapons. Chronologically, it stands between the Stone Age and Iron Age...
  
   food plants

World heritage site

It is home to one or more prehistoric pile-dwelling

Stilt house

Stilt houses or pile dwellings or palafitte are houses raised on piles over the surface of the soil or a body of water. Stilt houses are built primarily as a protection against flooding, but also serve to keep out vermin...

 (or stilt house) settlements that are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps

Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps

Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps is a series of prehistoric pile-dwelling settlements in and around the Alps built from around 5000 to 500 B.C. on the edges of lakes, rivers or wetlands...

 UNESCO

UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...

 World Heritage Site.

External links

Ledro official municipal website

• Coat of arms of the new municipality