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Arco, Italy, as it looked in the 1890s
Original: 🇮🇹 Arco, just north of Lake Garda, in the 1890s. Villas and hotels stand among cypresses and gardens, the bell tower of
Historic photographs of Arco, a town just north of Lake Garda in Trentino, Italy, are drawing attention. The images from the 1890s show villas and hotels set among cypresses and gardens, the bell tower of the Collegiata at the town's centre, and the castle of the Counts of Arco perched on a sheer limestone cliff above, a fortress once besieged by French troops.
Why now: The rare 1890s images offer an evocative glimpse of a well-known Italian tourist town's past.
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- 🇮🇹 Arco, just north of Lake Garda, in the 1890s. Villas and hotels stand among cypresses and gardens, the bell tower of the Collegiata rises in the middle, and above it all the castle of the Counts of Arco sits on its sheer limestone rock. French troops laid siege to it in… · fascinatingeurope@vivaldi.net · 5
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