Limone sul Garda from above: rooftops, a bell tower, and two lemons hanging over the eaves.

This Italy framed wall art looks straight down over Limone sul Garda's rooftops, where a slender bell tower rises among orange-tiled roofs and two oversized lemons hang in from the corner of the sky. It's an original illustration, framed in black wood and ready to hang the day it arrives — the kind of gift for anyone who has stood on that lake shore, or still means to.

The design: rooftops and a bell tower over Limone sul Garda

The design is drawn flat from a viewpoint high above the town — a dense cluster of cream and white stucco houses with blue shutters, orange-tiled roofs and blue-capped chimneys, a few dark cypresses between them, rising to a slender cream bell tower with a domed cap at center-right. Beyond the roofs the lake sits as a plane of deep blue broken by white ripple lines, with a hazy blue mountain ridge on the right under a clear pale sky. A lemon branch with dark green leaves and two oversized bright-yellow lemons overhangs the top-left, while the lettering is stacked in the top-right sky: LIMONE in tall cream capitals, then SUL GARDA flanked by two short mustard-yellow dashes, then LAGO DI GARDA · ITALIA in blue — the whole panel worked in terracotta orange, deep lake blue, cream, lemon yellow, olive green and pale sky blue.

Lake Garda from the rooftops, with the lemons hung where they belong.

Framed Italy wall art, ready to hang

• Print sizes: 14″×14″ or 16″×16″ (35.6×35.6 or 40.6×40.6 cm), both square; the frame goes around the print, so the outside of the frame is a little larger
• Paper: 260 g/m² luster paper, 10 mil (0.25 mm) thick, with a finish that's partly glossy and partly matte
• Frame: black wood, 0.75″ (1.9 cm) thick, behind an acrylite front protector — lighter than glass and doesn't shatter
• Hanging hardware included — arrives ready to hang, so there's no framing errand
• Original artwork — a new illustration made for RaZits, not a reprint of a historic piece
• Care: wipe the acrylite front with a soft, dry or slightly damp cloth, and keep it out of direct sunlight

Who it's for

For Lake Garda visitors and Italy road-trippers who want the lemon town itself on the wall, plus kitchen and dining-room decorators drawn to the terracotta-and-lemon palette. It hangs well in a kitchen, hallway or entryway, and makes an easy housewarming or anniversary gift for a couple who honeymooned on Lake Garda, a birthday gift for an Italy lover, or a thoughtful Christmas gift for someone furnishing a new place.

Quick answers

Is this a reprint of a vintage original?

No. It is an original illustration drawn in the mid-century travel-poster tradition — flat color, clean edges, bold lettering — and a new composition made for RaZits. It is not a scan of a historic print.

Is Limone sul Garda really named after lemons?

Probably not — the name likely traces to the Latin limen (border) or an old Celtic word for elm. It did become famous for its limonaie: white-pillared lemon houses that made this shore one of the most northerly places lemons are grown, including the restored Limonaia del Castèl.

Which size should I choose?

The 14″×14″ print suits a desk nook, shelf, hallway or gallery wall. The 16″×16″ print gives the bell tower and lemons more presence above a sofa, console or dining-room wall.

Is 14″×14″ the size of the print or the frame?

The print. Both sizes describe the artwork itself; the black wood frame goes around it, so the finished piece is a little larger on each side once it's framed.

Shipping and returns

Free US shipping. US delivery usually 5–12 business days. Easy 30-day returns.

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