Toblino Castle

At sunset you’ll breathe a romantic atmosphere of past times, protected by the walls of ancient castles, keepers of a centennial history. The Toblino Castle will be enlivened with excellent food and nibbles, studied for the most refined and hard to please palates and made magical by the musical notes of the Nuovo Ensemble of Trento.

TOUR OF THE CASTLE
Toblino Castle

A magnificent stronghold that rises in the middle of Lake Toblino.
It is Trentino's most famous castle. Its fame is due to its fantastic location and the beautiful landscape it is set in, as well as to the many dark legends that have stemmed from those walls and that park. The rocky ness that up to a few centuries ago was an island - when the level of the water was 2 m higher - 2000 years ago was the "home" of fairies to which a small temple was dedicated in the 3rd century A.D.. This amazing fact is "certified" by a stone plaque set in the wall of the castle's portico which the archeologist Paolo Orsi states is "one of a kind in Roman epigraphy".
Soon enough, however, its magic/religious function gave way to its strategic military use and the temple was replaced with a severe fort over which the local squires fought at length. The castle we can admire and visit today is actually fruit of the refurbishment commissioned by Bernardo Clesio in the 16th century. Thus the manor was transformed into a residence much acclaimed by the Prince-Bishops of Trento and especially by the Madruzzos. 

TASTING
During the aperitif you'll taste a selection of products chosen by Strada del Vino e dei Sapori del Trentino: wine produced by the Azienda Agricola Gino Pedrotti and by the F.lli Pisoni Distillery, grappa by Maxentia, cheese produced by the Azienda Agricola La Quadra, bread by the bakery Panificio Tecchiolli, vegetables and preserves by the Azienda Agricola Pedrotti Andrea, and Acqua Levico. 

CONCERT
Disson-Ance, duo of accordions formed by Roberto Caberlotto and Gilberto Meneghin. 
Music by J.S. Bach, G. Rossini T. Bedetti, R. Caberlotto and A. Piazzolla.

(Translation by Anna Malavenda and Federica Acri, Sophie M. Scholl Language High School, Trento - ”School and Work Project”)