Lago di Garda perfectly illustrates why it makes perfect sense to combine the Italian regions of Lombardia and Veneto into one report. The lake's Eastern shore belongs to Veneto, the Western shore to Lombardia. Sirmione, on the lake's Southernmost edge used to be a strategic border mark between Milano and Venezia. Why else would Sirmione have such a huge castle? The Dukes of Milano and the Doges of the Repubblica Marinara di Venezia spent most of their time and energy, indeed, on fending off each other's threats and responding by returning