Il vittoriale di gabriele dannunzio biography
Vittoriale degli italiani
Estate in Gardone Riviera, Lombardy, Italy
| Il Vittoriale degli Italiani | |
|---|---|
| Architectural style | Elements of Italian Fascist Architecture |
| Town or city | Gardone Riviera |
| Country | Italy |
| Construction started | 1921 |
| Completed | 1938 |
| Architect(s) | Giancarlo Maroni |
The Vittoriale degli italiani (English translation: The shrine of victories of the Italians) is a hillside estate in the town of Gardone Riviera overlooking Lake Garda in province of Brescia, in Lombardy.
It is where the Italian poet and novelist Gabriele D'Annunzio lived from 1922 until his death in 1938.
Gabriele D'Annunzio - Wikipedia
The estate consists of the residence of D'Annunzio called the Prioria (priory), an amphitheatre, the protected cruiserPuglia set into a hillside, a boathouse containing the MAS vessel used by D'Annunzio in 1918 and a circular mausoleum. Its grounds are now part of the Grandi Giardini Italiani.
References to the Vittoriale range from a "monumental citadel" to a "f Biography - Vittoriale degli Italiani FOTAV