Gardone Riviera

Twin towns

• Arcachon, France, since 1980
• Pescara, Italy, since 2010

  Main sights

• The Vittoriale degli Italiani is a former residence of the poet Gabriele D'Annunzio. He donated it to the Italian State before his death. It is now a national monument and houses a MAS fast military ship and the plane on which D'Annunzio raided Vienna.
• The English band King Crimson recorded in its auditorium the songs "Three of a Perfect Pair" and "Blastic Rhino" for the album Heavy ConstruKction recorded.
• The Giardino Botanico Fondazione André Heller is a botanical garden maintained by artist André Heller.