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Description: Trento (Italian: Trento; German: Trient; Latin: Tridentum) is an Italian city located in the Adige river valley in the ... more

Trento ... region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. It is the capital of the region and of the Autonomous Province of Trento. 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.

Newest Review: ... ce on the opposite side of the street. They are not single buildings but integrated into the row of houses, each has a signpost beside the entrance with information in Italian, German and English. Everything is orderly and clean in Trento, according to other Italians a heritage of the region´s Austrian past. In a recent survey asking how the ... more

... inhabitants of a town rate its infrastructure and services for the public Trento came out tops, nowhere were the people more content with their hometown. Most of the streets have cobblestones, the pavements are covered with grey and pink slabs of gra...more

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Trento: Italy Light (1292 words)
by MALU - written on 10/05/04 (Very useful, 129 readings)
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So you´re thinking of travelling to Italy and getting to know the country? If you like shock treatment, fly straight to the South, to Naples or Palermo, and throw yourself into the street life there, if you prefer things to move more slowly, though, it may be a good idea to start exploring the country from the town of Trento, 140 km south of the Austrian/Italian border. It is the first ´real´ Italian town, the area north of it, South Tyrol, is more Austrian due to its history, it only became part of Italy after WW 1. Many people there are bilingual, if they want to become civil servants, ...

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