Limone sul Garda is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy (northern Italy), on the coast of Lake Garda.

[edit] History

Despite the presence of famous cultivations of lemons (the meaning of the city's name in Italy), the name derives probably from the ancient lemos (elm) or limes (Latin: boundary, referring to the communes of Brescia and the Bishopric of Trento). In 1863-1905 the denomination was Limone San Giovanni.

Until the 1940s the city was reachable only by the lake or through the mountains, a road connecting to Riva del Garda being built only 1932.

Today Limone is one of the most renowned touristic resorts in the area.

[edit] Health

In 1979 researchers discovered that people in Limone possess a mutant form of apolipoprotein (called A-1 MILANO) in their blood, that induced healthy levels of high-density cholesterol, which resulted in a lowered risk of atherosclerosis and other cardiovascular diseases.

The protein has given residents of the village extreme longevity - a dozen of those living here are over the age of 100 (for c. 1,000 total inhabitants).

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