Villa Bettoni, commissioned by Giandomenico Bettoni, was built at the beginning of the eighteenth century by the architect Adriano Cristofori. Giovanni Battista Locatelli raised a balustrade with two statues, representing mytologist divinities and adorning the main part of the building.
Right in the centre of the palace, a roomy hall divides the wings of the villa. The interior of the palace shows some frescos painted by Beniamino and Fabrizio Galliari as well as other works forming a baroque picture-gallery. The building is surrrounded by a marvellous garden in the Italian style characterized by a great exedra, a nymphaeum and two flowerbeds. Some lemon-houses and the beautiful park are at the back of the garden.
The Sarcophagus by Argilo from Gargnano (1302) made of red porphyry, is situated at the entrance of the chief town and bears the following Latin sepulchral inscription: "This monument belongs to dominus Argilo from Gargnano and to his heirs". Nowadays it is a branch of the Palazzo Feltrinelli was built between 1898 and 1899 and planned by Alberico Belgioioso, even though some sources attribute it to Francesco Solmi. Further to its employment during the Italian Social Republic (from 1943 through 1945), the building has assumed a great historical importance. Like other buildings from the Gargnano and the Garda area, the palace was afterwards requisitioned by the Fascist government and became Benito Mussolini's headquarters.e University of Milan used as an international congress centre where students from all over the world attend Italian training courses during the summer season. Villa Feltrinelli was instead built between 1892 and 1899 and planned by Francesco Solmi or by Alberico Belgioioso according to different opinions. The front facing the lake is the most sumptuous part of the villa; the park situated on the back is instead rich in precious aboreal essences. From October 1943 through April 1945 Benito Mussolini lived here together with his family. Some ministries of the Social Republic are located not far from Villa Feltrinelli among Gargnano, Toscolano Maderno and Salò. The building is nowadays a prestigious Villa-Hotel.