Tignale

Tignale sits on a high terrace on the northern part of Lake Garda's Brescia shore, inside the Parco Alto Garda Bresciano. The municipality is six hamlets stitched together: Gardola, where the town hall stands, plus Piovere, Oldesio, Olzano, Aer and Prabione. The territory runs from the port at lake level up to peaks near 1,600 meters.

The Santuario di Montecastello stands on a limestone spur high above the water, built on the ruins of an ancient temple later converted into a castle. The frescoes inside follow a Giottesque school, and one of the votive panels, dated to the early 1600s, is said to be among the largest ex-voto paintings in Europe. The story attached to the sanctuary is the 1200 battle on the slopes below, ended by the appearance of a star, hence the title Madonna della Stella. Below the village, the limonaie, the stepped lemon terraces built into the cliff, mark the northern limit of Mediterranean citrus agriculture in Europe; several are still maintained as working ecomuseums.