My Trip to Lake Garda

After my summer holidays in Austria I also spent two days at Lake Garda in Italy. When I was there I sent two cards to myself. The first one, which I have posted in the post office, arrived two weeks ago. The second one, which I put in a normal postbox, finally arrived on Wednesday.

Lake Garda is located in northern Italy in the provinces of Verona, Brescia and Trentino. It is the largest lake of Italy and a popular tourist destination.

A postcard I bought shows a map of Lake Garda.

The first card I sent to myself shows the Venetian Fortress of Peschiera del Garda. Peschiera del Garda is situated on the South East corner of Lake Garda. The Republic of Venice turned the town into a fortress between the 15th and 16th century and large parts of the fortifications can be still seen today. As one of the Venetian Works of Defence is Peschiera del Garda since 2017 on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Stamp:
EUROPA (from set of two) (issued 09-05-2017)

The second card I sent to myself shows the Castello Scaligero in Malcesine. The Castello Scaligero was built by the Scaliger family in the 13th century. In 1786 Johann Wolfgang Goethe visited the castle during his Italian Journey. Today it is the most famous landmark of Malcesine and houses a museum.

With a matching stamp:
EUROPA (from set of two) (issued 09-05-2017)

Another card I bought shows Lazise. Lazise is a popular tourist destination.

Italy: World War I in the Trentino

On Tuesday I got a postcard from Italy.

It shows three fortresses and one cemetery of World War I in the Trentino. At the beginning of World War I the Trentino was at the border between the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Italy. To secure the border the Austro-Hungarian Empire built many fortresses along it. In 1915 Italy declared war on the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the border became a frontline. It was the first time that a war was fought in the high mountains. This part of the war became known as Gebirgskrieg ("Mountain War") in German and Guerra Bianca ("White War") in Italian. Around 11500 soldiers from the Trentino lost their lives and many towns and villages were destroyed. After World War I the Trentino became a part of Italy.

Stamps:
25 years National Association of Italian Singers (issued 17-03-2006)
Tourism (from set of three) (issued 24-03-2006)
Stamp Day (from set of three) (issued 29-11-1981)

Thank You very much Luciana!

Italy: Museo della Guerra in Vermiglio

On Wednesday I got three postcards: one from Italy, one from the United Kingdom and one from Australia.

The card from Italy shows the Museo della Guerra in Vermiglio. The Museo della Guerra in Vermiglio is a museum about the Mountain War during World War I and is based on the collection of Emilio Serra.

Stamps:
Fonte Avellana Monastery (issued 03-09-1980)
Juventus (issued 18-05-2002)
Tourism (from set of three) (issued 24-03-2006)
Artists (from set of five) (issued 27-06-1977)

Thank You very much Luciana!

Italy: Museo Storico Italiano della Guerra in Rovereto

On Tuesday I got two postcards from Italy.

One of them shows the Museo Storico Italiano della Guerra in Rovereto. The Museo Storico Italiano della Guerra is one of the most important Italian museums about World War I. It has a large artillery section and important collections of weapons.

Stamps:
EUROPA (from set of two) (issued 08-05-2006)
Archivio di Stato di Firenze (issued 30-09-2004)
Council of State (issued 31-08-1981)

Thank You very much Luciana!

Italy: Presena Glacier

On Tuesday I got two postcards from Italy.

One of them shows the Presena Glacier. During World War I the Presena Glacier has been the site of bloody conflicts between the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Italy and was one of the most important battlefields of the Mountain War. 

Stamps:
Stamp Jubilees (from set of three) (issued 31-03-2001)
100th birthday of Gaetano Martino (issued 03-11-2000)
Energy Conservation (from set of two) (issued 25-02-1980)
European Parliament Elections (from set of two) (issued 05-05-1979)

Thank You very much Luciana!

Italy: South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology

Yesterday I visited the Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum to see the new special exhibition "Ötzi - The Man from the Ice ... and two from here". The exhibition was created in cooperation with the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology. In the museum shop I had the chance to buy two cards printed by the museum in South Tyrol.

The South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology is an archaeological museum in Bolzano. It was established in 1998 to house Ötzi the Iceman and his equipment. It is one of the leading archaeological museums in Italy and a popular tourist destination. The cards show the Iceman and a reconstruction of him. 

Italy: Buonconsiglio Castle in Trento

On Wednesday I got a postcard from Italy.

It shows the setting up of the Italian Flag on the Buonconsiglio Castle in Trento in 1918. The card was printed in 1958 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Trento. Trento was hard fought during World War I. It was a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, although it had a large Italian population. After the war it became a part of Italy and remained it until today. Today is Trento the capital of autonomous region of Trentino-South Tyrol.

With a related stamp:
Italian Mail 0,10€ (from set of three) (issued 01-07-2010)
Centenary of World War I (from set of four) (issued 24-05-2015)
Francesco Baracca was an Italian aviation ace and one of the most succesful Italian fighter pilots of World War I. He was involved in 63 aerial combats and shot down 34 enemy airplanes. He was later shot down by Austrian rifle fire.

Thank You very much Cristina!

Italy: Marmolada

This is my 100th post about World War I! Big Thanks to everyone who helped me to receive so many great cards!

Today I got three postcards: one from Italy, one from China and one from Hong Kong.

The card from Italy shows the Marmolada. The Marmolada is a mountain on the border of the Italian Regions of Trentino and Veneto. It is the highest mountain of the Dolomites and is also home to the only large glacier of the Dolomites.

During World War I the mountain was located on the border of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Italy and thus it was on the front. On both sides military camps were established. The Austro-Hungarian Empire even drilled deep tunnels in the mountain to house its soldiers. Due to the detonations, which were done to create the tunnels, the greatest avalanche accident of the Dolomites occurred on the mountain during the war. Today remains and belongings of soldiers are occasionally discovered as the glacier retreat.

The Dolomites are since 2009 on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Stamp:
Christmas (from set of two) (issued 21-11-2015)

Thank You very much Marco!

Italy: Brixen

Yesterday I got seven postcards including one from Italy.

It shows various views of Brixen. Brixen is the third largest town in South Tyrol and is considered to be one of the oldest in Tyrol. Since 1919 is it a part of Italy.

Stamps:
Italian Mail (issued 28-06-2011)
Italian Mail (issued 13-03-2013)

Thank You very much Esther and Willi!

Italy: Arco at the Lake Garda in Trentino-South Tirol

On Thursday I got one postcard from Italy.

The postcard shows the city of Arco at the Lake Garda in the Region of Trentino-South Tirol.

The Lake Garda (Italian: Lago di Garda; German: Gardasee) is the largest lake in Italy.

Trentino-South Tyrol (Italian: Trentino-Alto Adige; German: Trentino-Südtirol) is a autonomous region of Italy and is divided in two provinces, Trentino and South Tirol. The capital is Trento and the people speak mostly German and Italian.

Stamps:
Centenary of the Simplon Tunnel (issued 18-03-2006)
Stop the Desert (from set of four) (issued 21-04-2001)

Thank You very much Daniel and Kathrin!