SILVER PLATED
SPOON
TEA SPOON
MARKED
UNMARKED
IMAGE
RIVA
(COAT OF ARMS)
SIZE
103mm
CONDITION
SPOON GOOD CONDITION ,
(PLATE PEEL BACK OF HANDLE)
BLACK BOX
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KNOWLEDGE / INFORMATION / HISTORY
Riva del Garda is a town and comune in the northern Italian province of Trento of the Trentino Alto Adige region. It is also known simply as Riva. People from Riva are known as Rivani.
Riva del Garda belonged to the Republic of Venice, the Bishopric of Trent, the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy and later (1815–1918) to the Austro-Hungarian empire. Since the end of Worl War I (3 November 1918), Riva del Garda, with the rest of the Trentino, became part of the Kingdom of Italy.
Riva was the terminus for the 24 kilometres (15 miles) long Mori-Arco-Riva railway line, opened in 1891. However, the railway closed in 1936 and the railway terminus has been converted into a restaurant Trentino Alto Adige region. It is also known simply as Riva. People from Riva are known as Rivani.