▁( 1 4 4 0 – 1 5 1 0 ) ▁is ▁evident ▁in ▁the ▁old ▁har bor : ▁a ▁typical ▁to ll ▁house ▁placed ▁on ▁a ▁lake - front ▁wh arf . ▁Go ethe , ▁who ▁stopped ▁here ▁in ▁September ▁ 1 7 8 6 , ▁described ▁in ▁his ▁writ ings ▁a ▁long ing ▁and ▁passion ate ▁image ▁of ▁this ▁place . ▁During ▁Aust rian ▁dom ination ▁( 1 8 1 0 – 1 9 1 8 ), ▁tour ism ▁grew ▁during ▁the ▁Belle ▁É poque . ▁ ▁This ▁area ▁was ▁populated ▁in ▁pre histor ic ▁times ▁and ▁colon ized ▁during ▁the ▁Imperial ▁Roman ▁times ; ▁it ▁formed ▁a ▁community ▁with ▁N ago , ▁castle ▁residence ▁of ▁the ▁Count s ▁d ' Ar co . ▁In ▁ 1 4 3 9 ▁Tor bo le ▁was ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁Third ▁Lomb ard ▁War ▁( 1 4 3 8 ), ▁between ▁the ▁Duch y ▁of ▁Milan ▁and ▁the ▁Republic ▁of ▁Ven ice . ▁The ▁latter ▁domin ated ▁the ▁eastern ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁lake ▁( the ▁Riv iera ). ▁In ▁order ▁to ▁gain ▁supre m acy ▁on ▁Lake ▁Gard a ▁and ▁help ▁the ▁Ven et ian ▁cond ott iero ▁G att am el ata , ▁in ▁free ing ▁Bres cia ▁from ▁the ▁Milan ese ▁sie ge , ▁the ▁Ven et ians ▁transport ed ▁twenty - five ▁boats ▁and ▁six ▁g alle ys ▁from ▁the ▁Adri atic ▁Sea ▁up ▁the ▁River ▁Ad ige ▁to ▁the ▁fl uv ial ▁har bour ▁of ▁Mor i . ▁From ▁here