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Cipressi by Vesna Zivcic

Sirmione is a comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardia, Northern Italy. The first traces of human presence date from the 6th-5th millennia BC. Settlements existed in the 3rd and 2nd millennia BC. Starting from the 1st century BC, the area around Garda became a favorite resort for rich families from Verona, then the main Roman city in Northeastern Italy. The poet Catullus praised its beauties and spoke of a villa he had in the area. Sirmione was a possession of the Republic of Venice from 1405-1797, when it was acquired by the Habsburg Empire. It became part of the Kingdom of Italy in 1860.