Parco di Villa Boghi

Villa Boghi Park surrounds Limone sul Garda's municipal villa. Citrus trees, olives, cypresses, palms and other exotic planting accompany paths, flower beds and a traditional limonaia.

Why it matters

The garden preserves a connection between a former private estate and Limone's civic landscape. Its limonaia recalls the sheltered structures associated with lemon cultivation on the Garda shore.

What to notice

The limonaia provides an architectural counterpoint to the varied planting. In the northern part of the garden, a bust of Saint Daniele Comboni by Hans Oberstaller, dated 1981, commemorates the missionary born in Limone.

Context and history

The villa was built in the early twentieth century as La Casetta, to a design by engineer Giovanni Bonaventura Gerardi. It belonged to Luigi Gerardi and passed to his daughter Sofia, wife of Antonio Boghi. The building was requisitioned several times during the Second World War, including for German command use in 1943. It became the municipal seat in 2004, adding a civic chapter to the estate's history.