![The entrance to the cloister of San Francesco Church in Gargnano on Lake Garda.](https://i2.wp.com/www.smallrooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ItalyTrip_0521.jpg?resize=980%2C735)
The San Francesco Church and Cloister in Gargnano on Lake Garda. Recently I wrote about the monks of the San Francesco Monastery introducing lemons to the Lake Garda area in northern Italy during the thirteenth century. But what I forgot to mention in that post was that their monastery and church, which were built in 1289, still exist today, and it was a happy accident when I stumbled upon them. For more photos of this peaceful sanctuary, click on the link below.
![(above) Unfortunately I don’t know what lies beyond these doors. I just didn’t have the courage to try them.](https://i2.wp.com/www.smallrooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ItalyTrip_0524.jpg?resize=979%2C1306)
![(above) What a view to have. I’m grateful that this building is still standing and hasn’t been demolished in the name of “progress.”](https://i1.wp.com/www.smallrooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ItalyTrip_0523.jpg?resize=980%2C735)
![(above) I wonder what the purpose was for this ground level corbel.](https://i0.wp.com/www.smallrooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ItalyTrip_0525.jpg?resize=972%2C1296)