Salò today

Even more so today, Salò is a tourist resort of primary importance, a pole of gravitation for economy, commerce, justice and employment; above all because of its ideal geographical position on the lower banks of Lake Garda, bordering on Valtenesi and the reaches of Valsabbia.
Classified top of Italian municipalities for income and quality of life and services, the city can boast an excellent continuous development as a centre of direction because an important public offices such as: the Tribune, covering 39 municipalities with a population reaching practically 100.000 (more 400.000 during the summer) and the 100 square kilometres covered by the District Tax Office, the combined Registry and Archives office, the headquarters of the Carabinieri corps since 1897 and responsible for 40 municipalities, the Tax Police brigade since 1920, Traffic Police since 1959, an important unit operating with 113 (emergency calls) on a population of 200.000; the local Health Services, now comprising the former ASL departments 17, 39 and 40.

There are also numerous public offices of more than local importance: the Tourist Board existing since 1927, the National Forest Guards, the provincial Fire-fighting station, the District Labour Office for 12 municipalities, offices of the Lombardy Region for the agricultural forest, hunting and fishing sectors, the BIM Consortium with jurisdiction over the 12 municipalities, the School District nr. 40 since 1978 for several municipalities, the Meteorological Observatory and the nearby “Pio Bettoni” Seismic Station Founded in 1877, an ultra-modern Rest Home for the disabled and unit for people suffering from Alzheimers. Salò offers a wide range of education and has been the location of the State Science Lyceum since 1975, the Classic Lyceum since 1990, the Language Lyceum since 1993, the Lyceum of Communication, the State Technical-Commercial Institute and School of Surveyors since just after the last war, a famous Artists Workshop and a Music Academy.