HISTORY OF TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE/SÜDTIROL:
The area of the current Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region was conquered by the Romans in 15 BC. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, it was divided between the Germanic tribes in the Lombard Duchy of Tridentum, today's Trentino, the Alamannic Vinschgau, and the Bavarians. Read More [...]
Starting with the 11th century, part of the region was governed by the prince-bishops of Trento and Brixen. Later, they were overruled by the Counts of Tyrol and Counts of Görz.
The two bishoprics of Trento and Brixen were secularized by the Treaty of Lunéville of 1803, and given to the House of Habsburg. Two years later, following the Austrian defeat at Austerlitz, the region was given to Bavaria, Napoleon's ally, after the Treaty of Pressburg.
At the Treaty of Paris of 1810, Bavaria ceded Trentino and the city of Bolzano to the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy. In 1815, after Napoleon's defeat, the region returned to Austria.
In 1918, after the First World War, the Italian troops occupied the region, and its annexation to Italy was confirmed by the Treaty of Saint-Germain. In 1943, the region was de facto annexed to the German Reich. In 1945, after the Second World War, the Italian rule was restored.
GEOGRAPHY OF TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE/SÜDTIROL:
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol is an autonomous region of Italy, located in the northern part of the country. The region is bordered by Austria to the north, by Switzerland to the northwest, by Lombardy to the west, and by Veneto to the southeast. Read More [...]
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol covers an area of about 13,600 square kilometers, and has about 1.1 million inhabitants. It is composed of two provinces - Trentino in the south and South Tyrol in the north.
Both Trentino and South Tyrol are mountainous and covered by vast forests, being a favourite destinations for tourists, in winter for skiing and in summer for their valleys and their many lakes.
The capital of the region is Trento, a city of about 120,000 inhabitants, located in the Adige Valley, south of the Dolomite Mountains. Other important towns are Bolzano, Rovereto, Bressanone, Riva del Garda and Arco.
TRANSPORT TO TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE/SÜDTIROL:
The region has a small regional airport near Bolzano, but is serviced better by the Verona Villafranca Airport, located near Verona, by the Orio al Serio International Airport, located near Bergamo, or by the two airports of Venice – the Marco Polo Airport, in Mestre, and the Antonio Canova Airport, near Treviso. Read More [...]
By train, you can get to Trento from Verona in a little over an hour. The cheapest train ticket costs 7.85€. A trip from Verona to Bolzano takes about 2 hours, and the cheapest ticket is 14.80€.