Every year, as early as September, the volunteers of the Sub Club of Peschiera del Garda they get to work with paints and brushes for the annual preparation and maintenance of the "holy" figures. The "Nativity of the LakeIn fact it was created by the Sub Club Peschiera del Garda in the year 1980, in honor of Lake Garda and since then this tradition has been revived every year with the first example of an underwater nativity scene built with the specific intent of making it visible to all.
Currently the work is depicted by 26 sculptures proportioned metal on a human scale and sculpted with blowtorch, subsequently painted with reflective paint. The laying of the 26 figures of the Nativity takes place in two phases. In mid-November the preparation of the backdrop and the arrangement of the first figures begins and then the operation is completed with the laying of baby Jesus: and this happens there Christmas' Eve December 24th at 18 pm.
In Middle Channel in fact there will be the arrival of the shepherds and the Holy Family aboard boats, followed by the Blessing to the Child Jesus and finally to those present divers of the Sub Club di Peschiera d / G place the Baby Jesus of the Lake Nativity on the bottom of the canal. The show is truly special when the lights go down of the evening with the sacred underwater figures illuminated and the Christmas lights reflecting their lights in the water. Then composing the phone number which is clearly visible on the bridge railing, a spectacular play of lights is activated in the water.
