Giacomo Matteotti, from where several ferries operate. On the south-western outskirts of the city is a large railway station, the Desenzano del Garda-Sirmione railway station (Stazione Ferroviaria), which connects the city to the European railway system. Desenzano also has its own exit from the A4 motorway, the main road between Milan and Venice. World heritage site It is home to one or more prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements, which are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO World Heritage Site. Municipal government Desenzano is headed by a mayor () assisted by a legislative body, the , and an executive body, the . Since 1994 the mayor and members of the are directly elected together by resident citizens, while from 1946 to 1994 the mayor was chosen by the legislative body. The is chaired by the mayor, who appoints others members, called . The offices of the are housed in a building usually called the or . Since 1994 the mayor of Desenzano is directly elected by citizens, originally every four, then every five years. The current mayor is Guido Malinverno (FI), elected on 26 June 2017. Gallery See also Rocca di Manerba del Garda References External links Desenzano Tourism Cities and towns in Lombardy Populated places on Lake Garda