Legend – Limone

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The storygoes that, from the love between the god Benaco end the nymph Phyllis, were born twins, Grineo and Limone. For the intentions of father, the first would have to devote themselves to fishing, the second to the agriculture, but, since adolescence, the two have preferred hunting along the slopes of Mount Baldo. Where one day, Limone was attacked and killed by a boar. Phyllis, desoerately begged her husband for bring back to life Limone: so Benaco has prepared an infusion with mysterious blue flowers and the miracle was accomplished. Obeying promptly to his father, Limone became a farmer and he went to live in front of Baldo mountain, in a lovely inlet sheltered from the winds, where he started the cultivation of the fruit that bears his name.