Fortress

The Castle of Lonato, commonly called Rocca, stands on the top of one of the reliefs of the morainic amphitheater which dominates, on one side, the southern part of Lake Garda and, on the other, the historic center of the town which extends up to to touch the first lands of the Po Valley.

The fortification, intended purely for military and defensive needs, is one of the most impressive in all of Lombardy; its irregular plan in fact reveals a structure almost 180 meters long and on average 45 meters wide.
There are two bodies that, at different levels, compose it: the Rocchetta in the highest part and, further down, what is called the Main District.
Despite the domination of the Viscontis and the Scaligeri, the entire complex, composed of large moraine pebbles, has Guelph-type battlements, certainly the result of restorations carried out over time.

The Castle is accessed from its southern side via a door and a drawbridge which can be reached by following the avenues and pedestrian paths of the large park that connects the Casa del Podestà to the Rocca.

The rooms of the Captain’s House in the Rocchetta house the Civic Ornithological Museum whose collection derives from the collections of the ornithologist Gustavo Adolfo Carlotto (1886-1970).