Tesöl is a town that sits below the Preàls mountain and is about 2 kilometers from downtown Limone sul Garda. The date "1740" and the initials "L.C.V." can still be seen next to the jamb of the door leading from the lemon garden to the house. The Bertelli family sold the lemon house to Count Giacomo Ferrari in 1820. The property was composed of 107 campa' plots, distributed over six còle (terraces) for a total surface area of 1,221 square meters. The supply of water was guaranteed by the Tesöl River, to the south.

In 1818, Luigi Comboni arrived at Tesöl, where his brother Giuseppe worked as a gardener. Luigi married Domenica Pace, who later gave birth to their son Daniele Comboni(1831-1881), the missionary, bishop and vicar of Central Africa and founder of the Work of the Good Shepherd (1867) and the Institute of the Pius Mothers of Nigrizia, the Comboni Missionary Sisters (1872). Daniele Comboni was proclaimed a Saint by Pope John Paul II on October 5, 2003.