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| Region | Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol |
| Province | Trento (TN) |
| Mayor | Alberto Pacher |
| Elevation | 190 m (623 ft) |
| Area | 157 km² (61 sq mi) |
| Population (as of December 31, 2005) | |
| - Total | 110,142 |
| - Density | 702/km² (1,818/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
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| Gentilic | Trentini |
| Dialing code | 0461 |
| Postal code | 38100 |
| Frazioni | see list |
| Patron | St. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol ( Italian: Trentino-Alto Adige; German: Trentino-Südtirol; Ladin: Trentin-Adesc Aut   In Italy, a Province (in Italian provincia) is an administrative division of intermediate level between Municipality ( Comune The Province of Trento (Provincia autonoma di Trento also called Trentino, is an Autonomous province of Italy. Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a People or the inhabitants of a place Here are a list of area codes in Italy. All numbers here begin with the country code (0039 A frazione, in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a Comune; for other Administrative Trento (traditional English Trent; Italian: Trento; German: Trient; Latin: Tridentum; Note that many Vigilius |
| - Day | June 26 |
| Website: www.comune.trento.it | |
Trento (traditional English: Trent; Italian: Trento; German: Trient; Latin: Tridentum; Note that many of the region's Italian languages/dialects use Trent or Trènt) is an Italian city located in the Adige River valley in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. The official language of Italy is Standard Italian, a descendant of the Tuscan dialect and a direct descendant of Latin (some 75% of Italian words are of Latin origin Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest The Adige (Adige Venetian: Àdexe; Trentin Ades; Friulian: Adis; Etsch Ladin: Adesc, or Adiç Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol ( Italian: Trentino-Alto Adige; German: Trentino-Südtirol; Ladin: Trentin-Adesc Aut   It is the capital of the region and of the Autonomous Province of Trento. The Province of Trento (Provincia autonoma di Trento also called Trentino, is an Autonomous province of Italy.
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The township of Trento is geographically very large and encompasses the town center as well as many suburbs of extremely varied geographical and population conditions (from the industrial suburb of Gardolo, just north of the city, to tiny mountain hamlets on the Monte Bondone). Various distinctive suburbs still maintain their traditional identity of rural or mountain villages. The town proper only has 55,197 inhabitants (October 2004). The 2004 population of the entire township is 110,142.
Trento lies in a wide glacial valley called the Adige valley just south of the Alps foothill range Dolomite Mountains, where the Fersina and Avisio rivers join the Adige River (the second longest river in Italy). In Geology, a valley (also called a vale, dale, glen or strath and near or in Appalachia, a draw) is The Adige (Adige Venetian: Àdexe; Trentin Ades; Friulian: Adis; Etsch Ladin: Adesc, or Adiç The Dolomites (Dolomiti Dolomiten Dolomitis are a section of the Alps. The Avisio is a 894 km Italian stream (a Torrente) a left tributary of the Adige, whose course is in Trentino. The Adige (Adige Venetian: Àdexe; Trentin Ades; Friulian: Adis; Etsch Ladin: Adesc, or Adiç The valley is surrounded by mountains, including the Vigolana (2,150 m), the Monte Bondone (2,181 m), the Paganella (2,124 m), the Marzola (1,747 m) and the Monte Calisio (1,096 m). Paganella is a mountain in the Province of Trento, in northern Italy, in the territories of the Comuni of Fai della Paganella, Nearby lakes include the Lago di Caldonazzo, Lago di Levico, Lago di Garda and Lago di Toblino. Lake Garda ( Italian Lago di Garda or Benaco) is the largest Lake in Italy.
The origins of the city are controversial. The Bishopric of Trent is a former territory of Northern Italy which was created in 1027 and existed until 1802 when it was absorbed into Habsburg Some scholars maintain it was a Rhaetian settlement: the Adige area was however influenced by neighbouring populations, including the (Adriatic) Veneti, the Etruscans, the Cimbri, and the Gauls (a Celtic people). Raetia (so always in inscriptions classical manuscripts usually use the form Rhaetia) was a province of the Roman Empire, bounded on the west by the country The Veneti ( Enetoi Ενετοί in Greek) were an ancient people who inhabited north-eastern Italy, in an area corresponding to the modern-day Etruscan civilization is the modern English name given to the culture and way of life of a people of ancient Italy The Cimbri were a Celtic or Germanic tribe who together with the Teutones and the Ambrones threatened the Roman Republic in the late Gaul (Gallia was the Roman name for the region of Western Europe comprising present day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western Celts (ˈkɛlts or /ˈsɛlts/, see Names of the Celts According to other theories, therefore, the latter did instead found the city during the 4th century BC. The 4th century BC started the first day of 400 BC and ended the last day of 301 BC.
Trento was conquered by the Romans in the late 1st century BC, after several clashes with the Rhaetian tribes. The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial The 1st century BC started the first day of 100 BC and ended the last day of 1 BC. The Romans gave their settlement the name Tridentum, because of the three hills that surround the city: the Doss Trent, Sant'Agata and San Rocco. The Latin name is the source of the adjective Tridentine. On the old townhall a Latin inscription is still visible: Montes argentum mihi dant nomenque Tridentum ("Mountains give me silver and the name of Trento"), attributed to Fra' Bartolomeo da Trento (died in 1251).
After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, Trento was ruled by Ostrogoths, Lombards and Franks, finally becoming part of the Holy Roman Empire. The Western Roman Empire refers to the western half of the Roman Empire, from its division by Diocletian in 285 the other half of the Roman Empire was the Eastern The Ostrogoths (Ostrogothi or Austrogothi were a branch of the Goths, an East Germanic tribe that played a major role in the political events of the late The Lombards ( Latin Langobardi, whence the alternative names Langobards and Longobards) were a Germanic people originally from The Franks or Frankish people (Franci or gens Francorum) were West Germanic tribes first identified in the 3rd century as an Ethnic group The Holy Roman Empire ( HRE; German Heiliges Römisches Reich (HRR, Latin Sacrum Romanum Imperium (SRI was a union of territories in In 1027, Emperor Conrad II created the Prince-Bishops of Trento, who wielded both temporal and religious powers; but in the following centuries the sovereignty was divided between the Bishopric of Trent and the County of Tyrol (from 1363 part of the Habsburg monarchy). Conrad II (c 990&ndash June 4, 1039) was the son of a mid-level nobleman in Franconia, Count Henry of Speyer and Adelaide of Alsace who inherited The Bishopric of Trent is a former territory of Northern Italy which was created in 1027 and existed until 1802 when it was absorbed into Habsburg The Bishopric of Trent is a former territory of Northern Italy which was created in 1027 and existed until 1802 when it was absorbed into Habsburg Tyrol is a region in Western Central Europe, which included the present day Austrian state of Tyrol (consisting of North Tyrol and East Around 1200, Trento became a minerary production center of some significance (silver was mined from the Monte Calisio - Khalisperg), and Prince-Bishop Federico Wanga issued the first mining code of the alpine region. Federico Vanga (or Wanga; German Frederick von Wangen; died 1218 was Prince-Bishop of Trento from August 9 1207 until his death A dark episode in the history of Trento involved the alleged disappearance of a three year old boy known as Simon of Trent (S. Background Shortly before Simon went missing Bernardo da Feltre, an itinerant Franciscan preacher had delivered a series of sermons in Trent in which he vilified Simonino) in 1475, which was blamed on the local Jewish community and resulted in a series of executions.
In the 16th century Trento became famous for the Council of Trent (1545-1563) which gave rise to the Counter-Reformation. The Council of Trent was the 19th Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church. The Counter-Reformation (also Catholic Reformation denotes the period of Catholic revival from the pontificate of Pope Pius IV in 1560 to the close of the The adjective Tridentine (as in "Tridentine Mass") literally means pertaining to Trento, but can also refer to that specific event. Among the famous prince bishops of this time were Bernardo Clesio (who ruled the city 1514-1539, and managed to steer the Council to Trento) and Cristoforo Madruzzo (who ruled in 1539-1567), both able European politicians and Renaissance humanists, who greatly expanded and embellished the city. Bernardo III Clesio ( 11 March 1484 &ndash 30 July 1539) was an Italian cardinal, bishop Prince, Diplomat Cristoforo Madruzzo ( July 5, 1512 – July 5, 1578) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and statesman Humanism is a broad category of ethical philosophies that affirm the dignity and worth of all people based on the ability to determine right and wrong by appealing to universal
During this period, and as an expression of this Humanism, Trento was also known as the site of a Jewish printing press. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ In 1558 Cardinal Madruzzo granted the privilege of printing Hebrew books to Joseph Ottolengo, a German rabbi. Rabbinic literature, in its broadest sense can mean the entire spectrum of Rabbinic writings throughout Jewish history Rabbi (pronunciation, although in English usually) in Judaism, means a religious ‘teacher’ or more literally ‘my great one’ when addressing any master The actual printer was Jacob Marcaria, a local physician; after his death in 1562 the activity of the press of Riva di Trento ceased. Jacob Marcaria (d 1562) is best known as operator of the Jewish Printing press in Trento in the period from 1558 to 1562 Altogether thirty-four works were published in the period 1558 to 1562, most of them bearing the coat of arms of Madruzzo. [1]
Prince-bishops ruled Trento until the Napoleonic era, when it bounced around among various states. Under the reorganization of the Holy Roman Empire in 1802, the Bishopric was secularized and annexed to the Habsburg territories. The German Mediatisation was the series of mediatisations and secularisations that occurred in Germany in 1795 &ndash 1814, during Year 1802 ( MDCCCII) was a Common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting on Wednesday of the The Treaty of Pressburg in 1805 ceded Trent to Bavaria, and the Treaty of Schönbrunn four years later gave it to Napoleon's Kingdom of Italy. The Peace of Pressburg refers to four peace treaties concluded in Pressburg (today Bratislava, Slovakia) Year 1805 ( MDCCCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12 The Treaty of Schönbrunn (Traité de Schönbrunn Friede von Schönbrunn sometimes known as the Treaty of Vienna, was signed between France and Austria The Kingdom of Italy ( Italian: Regno d'Italia, but also Regno Italico; 17 March 1805 – 11 April With Napoleon's defeat in 1814, Trento was finally annexed by the Habsburg Empire, becoming part of the province of Tyrol. Habsburg Monarchy (alternatively Habsburg Empire) refers to the territories ruled by the Austrian branch of the House of Habsburg, and then by the successor Tyrol is a region in Western Central Europe, which included the present day Austrian state of Tyrol (consisting of North Tyrol and East
In the next decades Trento experienced a modernization of administration and economy with the first railroad in the Adige valley opening in 1859. During the late 19th century, Trento and Trieste, cities with ethnic Italian majorities still belonging to the Austrians, became icons of the Italian irredentist movement. Trieste (Trieste Slovene and Croatian: Trst; German: Triest) is a city and port in northeastern Italy very near to Irredentism is any position advocating Annexation of territories administered by another State on the grounds of common Ethnicity or prior historical possession Benito Mussolini briefly joined the staff of a local newspaper in 1908. The nationalist cause led Italy into World War I. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Damiano Chiesa and Cesare Battisti were two well-known local irredentists who had joined the Italian army to fight against Austria-Hungary with the aim of bringing the territory of Trento into the new Kingdom of Italy. Cesare Battisti was an a prominent Italian Irrendentist He was born on February 4 1875 in Trento, an Italian-speaking city which at the time was part of The two men were taken prisoners at the nearby southern front. They were put on trial for high treason and executed in the courtyard of Castello del Buonconsiglio (Cesare Battisti had served in the Austrian army). Their death caused an emotional outcry and was later used by the Italian government to celebrate the "liberation of Trento. " The region was greatly affected during the war, and some of its fiercest battles were fought on the surrounding mountains.
After World War I, Trento and its Italian-speaking province, along with Bolzano and the part of Tyrol that stretched south of the Alpine watershed (which was German speaking), were annexed by Italy. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All For the mathematician see Bernard Bolzano; for other uses see Bolzano (disambiguation.
In 1943, Mussolini was deposed and Italy surrendered to the Allies, who had invaded southern Italy via Sicily. German troops promptly invaded northern Italy and the provinces of Trento, Belluno and Bolzano-Bozen became part of the Operation Zone of the Alpine Foothills, annexed to Greater Germany. The Province of Belluno ( Provincia di Belluno) is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. The Province of Bolzano-Bozen (Provincia autonoma di Bolzano Autonome Provinz Bozen Ladin: Provinzia OZAV The Prealpine Operations Zone (Operationszone Alpenvorland or OZAV Zona d'operazione Prealpi was a Nazi German puppet district in the sub-Alpine Many German-speakers wanted revenge upon Italians-speakers living in the area, but were mostly prevented by the occupying Nazis, who still considered Mussolini head of the Italian Social Republic and wanted to preserve good relations with the Fascists. The Italian Social Republic ( Italian: Repubblica Sociale Italiana or RSI) was a Puppet state of Nazi Germany led by the "Duce of the From November, 1944 to April, 1945 Trento was bombed as part of the so-called "Battle of the Brenner. " War supplies from Germany to support the Gothic Line were for the most part routed through the rail line through the Brenner pass. The Gothic Line, also known as Linea Gotica, formed Field Marshal Albert Kesselring 's last major line of defence in the final stages of Over 6,849 sorties were flown over targets from Verona to the Brenner Pass with 10,267 tons of bombs dropped. Verona is a city and provincial capital in Veneto, Northern Italy. Brenner Pass ( Italian: Passo del Brennero; German: Brennerpass; Latin: Brennus Mons) is a Mountain pass through Parts of the city were hit by the Allied bombings, including the church of S. Maria Maggiore, the Church of the Annunciation and several bridges over the Adige river. The Adige (Adige Venetian: Àdexe; Trentin Ades; Friulian: Adis; Etsch Ladin: Adesc, or Adiç In spite of the bombings, most of the medieval and renaissance town center was spared.
Starting from the 1950s the region has enjoyed prosperous growth, thanks in part to its special autonomy from the central Italian government.
Eight centuries of Prince-Bishop rulers, relative independence from the rest of Europe, the Austrian domination and a strong sense of communal fate left a distinctive mark on the city's culture, which is dominated by a fairly progressive Social-Catholic political orientation (in fact, Trento is one of the few cities in Italy where left-leaning Catholics form the majority party). The city is considered to be well-administered and enjoys the benefits of special autonomy from the central Italian government. Trento ranks high in Italian quality-of-life statistics.
The city owes much of its unique history to its position along the main communication route between Italy and Northern Europe and to the Adige river which prior to its diversion in the 19th century ran through the center of the city. The Adige river was formerly a navigable river and one of the main commercial routes in the Alps. The original course of the river is now covered by the Via Torre Vanga, Via Torre Verde and the Via Alessandro Manzoni.
Today Trento thrives on commerce, services, tourism, high-quality agriculture and food industry (including wine, fruit), as a research and conference center thanks to a small but renowned university and research centers such as ITC/IRST, and ECT*, and as logistics and transportation thoroughfare. The University of Trento ( Italian Università degli Studi di Trento, UNITN) is a medium sized Italian University located in Trento, Italy The manufacturing industry installed in the post-war period has been mostly dismantled.
Valued pink and white porphyry is still excavated from some surrounding areas (Pila). Porphyry is a variety of Igneous rock consisting of large-grained Crystals such as Feldspar or Quartz, dispersed in a fine-grained This stone can be seen in many of Trento's buildings, both new and old.
The administrative elections of May 8, 2005 were won by a Center-Left coalition. Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Results are the following (only parties with more than 5% are listed):
Current mayor is Alberto Pacher, of the Democrats of the Left. The Democrats of the Left ( Democratici di Sinistra, DS was a left-wing Italian political party and part of the Olive Tree electoral coalition
Although off the beaten path of mass tourism, Trento offers rather interesting monuments. Its architecture has a unique feel, with both Italian Renaissance and Germanic influences. The city center is small, and most Late-Medieval and Renaissance buildings have been restored to their original pastel colours and wooden balconies. Part of the medieval city walls is still visible in Piazza Fiera, along with a circular tower. Once, these walls encircled the whole town and were connected to the Castello del Buonconsiglio.
The main monuments of the city include:
Trento also sports noteworthy modernist architecture, including the train station and the central post office, both by rationalist architect Angiolo Mazzoni. Modernism describes an array of Cultural movements rooted in the changes in Western society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century Angiolo Mazzoni (1894 - 1979 was one of the most brilliant and prolific Italian architects of the 1920s and 1930s In particular, the train station (1934–36) is considered a landmark building of Italian railways architecture and combines many varieties of local stone with the most advanced building materials of the time: glass, reinforced concrete, metal. The post office was once decorated with colored windows by Fortunato Depero, but these were destroyed during bombings in World War II. Fortunato Depero ( March 30, 1892 - November 29, 1960) was an Italian futurist painter, Writer Other buildings of that time include the Grand Hotel (by G. Lorenzi) with some guest rooms furnished with futurist furniture by Depero, and the "R. Sanzio" Primary School built by Adalberto Libera in 1931–34. Adalberto Libera ( July 16, 1903 - 1963 is one of the most representative architects of the Italian Modern movement which should not be confused with the
An important museum of modern art (Museo d'Arte di Trento e Rovereto) is located in the nearby town of Rovereto. Rovereto is a city and Comune in the Province of Trento in Italy.
A famous aeronautical museum (Museo dell'Aeronautica Gianni Caproni) is located in Trento - Mattarello's Airport.
The Museo tridentino di scienze naturali (Trent Museum of Nature), is a museum of natural history and science.
Trento's surroundings are known for the beautiful mountain landscapes, and are the destination of both summer and winter tourism. The Alpine Botanical Garden, located on Monte Bondone in Le Viotte was founded in 1938 and is therefore probably the first such garden in Italy.
Trento is also the venue of a popular Mountain Film Festival
In addition to the aforementioned Bernardo Clesio and Cristoforo Madruzzo, Giacomo Aconzio was born in Trento. Bernardo III Clesio ( 11 March 1484 &ndash 30 July 1539) was an Italian cardinal, bishop Prince, Diplomat Cristoforo Madruzzo ( July 5, 1512 – July 5, 1578) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and statesman Jacob Acontius ( Italian: Jacopo (or Giacomo) Aconcio; 7 September 1492 &ndash around 1566 was an Italian Kurt von Schuschnigg was born in Riva del Garda, in the Trentino region. Kurt Alois Josef Johann Schuschnigg ( December 14, 1897 - November 18, 1977) was an Austrian Politician who in 1934 succeeded the assassinated Other famous natives of Trento include:
Highway A22-E45 to Verona and to Bolzano, Innsbruck and Munich. Verona is a city and provincial capital in Veneto, Northern Italy. For the mathematician see Bernard Bolzano; for other uses see Bolzano (disambiguation. Innsbruck is the capital city of the federal state of Tyrol in western Austria. Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Railway (main connection between Italy and Germany; direct train to Venice). Venice ( Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venesia or Venexia) is a city in Northern Italy, the capital of the Bus or train service to the main surrounding valleys: Fassa, Fiemme, Gudicarie, Non, Primiero, Rendena, Sole, Tesino, Valsugana. The Valsugana valley is one of the most important valleys in the autonomous Province of Trento (also called Trentino) of Northern Italy. The public transport network within the city consists of 20 bus lines operated by Trentino Trasporti and a funicular service to Sardagna. Trento (traditional English Trent; Italian: Trento; German: Trient; Latin: Tridentum; Note that many The stations of the Valsugana Railway and Ferrovia Trento-Malè within the city limits are integrated in the public transport network. The Ferrovia Trento-Malè (FTM English Trento-Malè Railway) is a Narrow gauge railway connecting Trento and Malè in Trentino
Trento is twinned with:
Districts of Trento are twinned with:
Povo, Villazzano, Gardolo, Roncafort, Mattarello, Martignano, Cognola, Ravina, Romagnano, Montevaccino, Vela, Meano, Sardagna, Sopramonte, Vigo Meano, Gazzadina, Candriai, Vaneze, Cadine, Vigolo Baselga