San Felice del Benaco - History
In the area of Scovolo ancient pile-dwellings have been found, as well as many relics that indicate the passage of the Romans, such as the stone tablet dedicated to Neptune that can be seen on the wall of the parish church and a necropolis. During the Barbaric invasions a castle was built to defend the territory; in 1279, Brescia decided to destroy the castle and those that lived in the area moved to another area nearby, naming the place San Felice di Scovolo, where a new castle was built and then later destroyed in 1509 by the French only to be rebuilt under the rule of the Serenissima. The sculptor Angelo Zanelli was born in San Felice in 1879.
