Rippling reflection of one of the most photogenic buildings on the northern shores of Lake Garda. The colourful Casa or Casetta del Dazio is an early-18th century former Austrian frontier toll house or customs post built at the harbour entrance to the small but once strategic port of Torbole sul Garda in Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.
Torbole sul Garda, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy: outlines of the yellow ochre facade and green window shutters of the Casa or Casetta del Dazio, a former quayside Austrian customs post or toll house, dissolve amid ripples in the small harbour of this former frontier port near the northern tip of the Lago di Garda. The early-18th century building stands alone on the quay at the harbour entrance. It was built by Vienna in the early 1700s to deter smuggling and to levy tolls or customs duties on goods crossing the new border. It lost its role when the Austro-Hungarian Empire was dissolved after its defeat in the 1914-18 First World War, with Torbole reverting to the Kingdom of Italy. More recently, the Casa del Dazio has been carefully restored by its present owners, the Tonelli Hotels group, and is now open to visitors.
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Location: Torbole sul Garda, Lake Garda, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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