The triumph of music returns to Ledro Valley. One of the most important cultural events in Europe created to combine the universal languages of music and art, which are able to surpass every language barrier, is the European Music Festival, which will be held on June 21, the Summer Solstice. During this great cultural event, professional and amateur musicians of every genre perform in the most unusual places: streets, alleys, courtyards, squares, and places of art...

Established in France in 1982, this event became international in 1995 and simultaneously involves more than 60 European cities and 400 cities around the globe. The first Music Festival in Ledro Valley was organized in 2006. Since then, it has become a must-see event for people who love to perform and listen to music in a delightful festive setting.

Things to see in the Ledro Valley

The Lake Ledro pile-dwelling settlement is an awesome vestige of the first inhabitants of our Alpine valley. It is an entire village (built upon nearly 10,000 wood stilts) from the Bronze Age, and it is almost 3,700 years old (it dates back to 1709 BC, according to carbon-dating tests by Prof. Barfield of the University of Birmingham). From prehistoric artifacts it appears that the pile-dwellers farmed, made pottery, wove fabrics, and traveled great distances for trade. Their standard of living was generally quite high.

Afterwards, the area was settled by a pre-Latin people called the "Alaeutraenses" (as indicated by the name of the valley), who were mentioned by Pliny in his "Natural History". Between the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC another population, probably the "Cenoman Galls", colonized the Ledro valley, traveling from their settlement in Brescia to the Chiese and Sarca Valleys and bringing with them the first elements of Roman civilization.

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