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Lovere is an elegant small town on the northern side of the lake. A beautiful holiday town on the outlet of the ‘Valle Camonica’ and ‘Cavallina’. In Lovere it’s good to stroll on the lakeside, between gardens and trees, looking at the other –Brescian- side of the lake and the mountaintops of the ‘Adamello’. In the evening, when the air is a little cooler, the numerous bars and pubs of ‘Piazza XIII Martiri’ fill up with visitors looking for relaxation. The historic centre, illuminated by little street-lamps, is the ideal spot for walks and to discover ancient testimonies of a medieval fortified town: the Torre degli Alghisi with its massive stone walls, the towers Torre Soca and the Torricella surmounted by a cross, the tower Torre Civica at ‘Piazza Vittorio Emanuele’ that is testimony of the ancient castle built by the ‘Celeri’ family in the twelfth Century. During the hottest hours of the day, one can find refreshment in the swimming pools of the Lido that is situated e few hundreds metres from the small tourist port. Along the lakeside one notices elegant buildings, like the Palazzo Gregorini of 1500 with a portal and a small loggia on the second floor; Palazzo Marinoni, Villa Milesi, Palazzo Tadini (today picture-gallery Tadini, where hundreds art works are exposed), the Palazzo Bazzini of the 16th century in the vicinity of the parish and presents a beautiful entrance portal made of stone of Sarnico, that is let in the internal porch. The U-plan makes that the building is exposed towards the lake. It is evident that Lovere once lived a period of economic prosperity.  In the 15th Century, under the domination of the ‘Serenissima Repubblica di Venezia’, the woollen ‘panno grezzo’, typical clothing produced here, was exported outside the Italian borders, especially in the German area. Donations of wealthy inhabitants of lovere, made it possible to realise remarkable religious buildings.

Santa Maria in Valvendra: Of 1473, is a big church of three bays. The central one is arched over by a vault ‘a carena’, the side bays have cross vaults. It has two entrances: one upstream, preceded by a pronaos with a flight of steps, the second one on the side, presents a beautiful portal with an architrave of stone. Inside there are some important frescoes.

San Giorgio: The church Chiesa di San Giorgio, built in the 13th Century, has undergone rearrangements in the course of the centuries. The entrance portal, placed in 1887, is surmounted by a low relief that represents San Giorgio killing the dragon. The inside in Baroque stile presents a central bay and two lateral ones that were added in 1800. Above the entrance you’ll see a painting of 1657 that represents Moses who makes water come out a cliff.

Suore di carità: Il Santuario of 1400, next to the institute of the Sisters of charity, is to be found at the top of an uphill street that starts at ‘Piazza Garibaldi’. It is a valuable building in Gothic stile with a fine cuspidate bell-tower. Inside there are a few very precious frescoes. The chapel Cappella di Santa Chiara of 1648 is part of the monastery of the Clarisse. Well visible from the lakeside of Lovere is the bell-tower with cross and the semicircular apse. The inside is rectangular in plan with altar in marble.