Originally the Caprino valley was covered by a glacier extending from the Lake Garda to the Adige River. In successive phases the bed of the glacier, that formed and shaped the whole territory, gave the area the shape of a morainic amphitheatre. After the glacier melted, the first inhabitants, until the Middle Ages, gathered in fortified villages on the top of the hills.

       From 1400, the territory was occupied by the Venetian Republic and the nobles started to build the beautiful villas all around the area, villas like: Villa Negrelli, Malaspina, Brenzoni, Nichesola, Carlotti, Zuccalmaglio, which can be visited also today. Besides the traditional agricultural and pastoral economy, in 1700, started commercial and artisan activities such as marble quarries, marble sculptures, olive oil, mills, water wheels, brick works, etc. In 1796, Napoleon took the valley defeating the Austrians in Rivoli. During this period, Caprino became an important administrative and political center, enlarging it's area of influence.

       In 1815 the Austrians took the valley and dominated until 1866. The village continued it's expansion and prestige.

       The first and second world war saw Caprino as one of the most important areas to the Italian Army. After the war, Villa Carlotti became the town hall of Caprino and thereafter also the seat of the Civic Museum.

       Since then, Caprino has not changed much. No industries, no commercial center, no motorway running through the territory, nothing that could destroy the territory that keeps its pure and intact beauty as well as its culture through the centuries.

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