HISTORICAL OVERVIEW

Formerly a place of pile-dwellings and Roman settlements, in the Medieval period it became a fortified hamlet with castle in its centre, which no longer exists. Under the Venetian domination, it developed its own trade relations with the plains. In 1566, it was granted the right to conduct a weekly market which, after 450 years, maintains this tradition every Thursday in the squares along the lake.
Falling under the French then Austrian dominations, Sarnico won independence in the rising Italian government.
The town gained national prominence during the Risorgimento for the Garibaldian attempt, known to all as "the Events of Sarnico", to invade the Trentino area and conclude national independence before time. The Garibaldian attempt, considered premature by the Italian Government, was impeded with force at the last moment.

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