TRENTO
Unlike in the north of Alto Adige, where sometimes a person wonders, or not it is already a coincidence in Austria, Trento is undoubtedly Italian. The main centers of this predominantly vineyard-lined province, Trydent and Rovereto, they were founded in the Middle Ages as market towns. Both are convenient bases for tourists planning trips along the countless mountain trails here. One of the most unusual routes, Path of Peace (The trail of peace) leads through the province along the route of the World War I front. It lasted a long time at the Trentino peaks, devastating campaign, as a result of which only the Italian side was killed 460 Thousand. soldiers, a 947 Thousand. were injured. The route passes from time to time through galleries carved into the rock and old fortifications pierced with bullets (tour details are available in Trento, Via Torre Verde 27).
In the mountains, the traditional way of life has been preserved here and there. In the summer months, farmers go out to the higher pastures, live in malga (hut), they chop wood and accumulate hay, and just after the onset of winter they bring down, to villages animals and lay wood. The first snow is also a signal of the beginning of the winter season in the province, which is not only dotted with ski lifts and downhill runs, but also offers opportunities for other winter sports, for example. boat sailing.
Trento (Trento)
Small provincial towns are usually not very lively, so Trento is no exception. However, the slow rhythm of life is a kind of advantage: in cities like Venice (3 hours by train) you can breathe a sigh of relief here. Trento is situated on both sides of the Adige valley, in the shadow of Monte Bondone, and the city is dominated by the green roof of the Duomo and the Castello del Buon Consiglio.
Trento was known to the Romans as the Tridentum, the name of which is recalled by the 18th-century Neptune Fountain in Piazza Duomo. Arcades surround this central square, shops and cafes, and outside radiate the streets full of palaces. Most of them were built in the 16th century, when Trento was an important market town. In the FIFTEENTH century. Alexander was the bishop of Trent, the Duke of Masovia, who brought many Poles here.
Trento is a convenient destination for mountain hikers. The main train and bus stations are located next to each other on Via Pozzo and Piazza Dante. The second connected train and bus station, Trento Little, is located 10 minutes away and there are trains to Cles and Val di Non and buses to Madonna di Campiglio and Molveno. Tickets and information can be obtained from the office on Via Segantini (0461/823671).
The best places to stay are Albergo Mostra, Piazza Mostra 12 (0461/980223), with double rooms for 32 000 L, and Al Caallino Bianco, Via Cavour 29 (0461/26868), where you pay 39 000 L. Youth hostel on Via Manzoni opened in 1990 Year, and the price for bed and breakfast is 10000L. Riverside campsite on Via Lung'Adige Leopardi (0461 /823562) Costs 4800 L per person plus 6500 L per tent. You can get there on foot from the city (20 Min.) or take the bus # 2 from the train station.
City
From the tenth to the eighteenth century, Trento was a bishopric, which was ruled by the princely dynasty. Its most powerful representative was Bernardo Clesio, which in the 15th century gathered most of the local collections of paintings and other works of art. Many of them are kept at the Castello del Buon Consiglio, where the Council of Trent was held in the 16th century. Fathers of the Catholic Church, threatened by reformation in northern Europe, gathered here, to plan appropriate countermeasures. Council proceedings, where events outside Italy were moving fast, lasting with breaks 18 years and ended with the calming of internal disputes and strengthening the authority of the pope.
There are two locks behind the thick outer wall: The 13th-century Castelvecchio and its annexe 1530 the year part called Magno Palazzo (both Tue-Sun. 9.00-12.00 and 14.00-17.00; 2000 L). Around the quiet inner courtyard are several halls decorated with classical frescoes by Romanino and the Dossi brothers. The Museo Provinciale d'Arte is located on the first floor, whose pride is hidden at the end of a narrow passage in Torre d'Aquila (at the checkout you can ask for the museum plan) Cycle of Months (The cycle of months). For this group of 15th-century frescoes, showing the life and work of farmers and courtiers of the time, soldiers stationed in the castle in the 19th century added their impressions on the margins and drew beards on some characters.
The canal around the castle was the site of the execution of two famous Trentino people, Cesare Battisti and his companion Fabio Filzi. Born in 1875 Battisti year was a man of his time, a combination of a romantic idealist and a partisan commander. He founded the socialist-patriotic newspaper II Popolo, which became a forum of protest against the Austrian occupation, and he saw Italy's accession to World War I as an opportunity to intensify the campaign for the liberation of Tyrol. His efforts were in vain and when in 1916 He led the attack on the Monte Pasubio peak south of Trento, he was arrested by the Austrians and executed as a traitor. In the castle you can visit his and Filzi's cells, as well as a small museum dedicated to Risorgimento and the liberation of Trento.
The three most important sessions of the Council of Trent were held between 1545 and 1563 in the Duomo. The construction of the cathedral began in the thirteenth century, and it was completed in the conciliar century. This rather ordinary church is given character by stairs. They are located inside, next to the central nave and are surrounded by a colonnade and arches. Fragments of frescoes have also been preserved in the nave, and above the altar towers a huge canopy of carved marble, replica of Bernini's work from the Basilica of St.. Peter's in Rome. The underground is a bit more interesting, where in 1977 year, a medieval crypt and the foundations of an early Christian basilica were discovered, built over the tomb of the third bishop of Trento, st. Vigilio.
Diocesian Museum of Trentino (codz. 9.00-12.00 and 14.00-18.00; 2000 L), located in the neighboring Palazzo Pretorio, contains large, with descriptions of the paintings, which represent the sessions of the Council of Trent. It also has carved altars from the Church of San Zeno in Val di Non. In the side, similar to the target, the rooms are hidden richly decorated reliquaries and a series of magnificent Flemish tapestries from the 15th century. Also the building itself, with fish-tail battlements and heavy reinforced doors, it has its own charm, and from the upper floor you can see the nicely decorated palaces around the square.
Gastronomy and nightlife
There are no good restaurants in the city center, but there are some fairly cheap and lively places on Via Santa Croce. Natomiast Hotel Accademia, Vicolo Collico 1 (closed. pn.) has an expensive restaurant, specializing in sophisticated dishes of local cuisine. In summer you can dine under the pergola in Alla Mora, Via Roggia Grandę 8 (closed. pn.), and on Via Belenzani 18 student mensa is open (meals 6000 L, ID cards are not required). A few kilometers outside the city, w San Vito di Cognola (access only by car) the popular Ristorante Quattro Stagioni is located (closed. pn.), which serves good home made flour dishes. One of the best ways to taste local food is to take a ride on the road known as Strada di Vino, which runs among the vineyards, parallel to the Trento-Bolzano highway. . On this route, simple restaurants serve canederli (stuffed buns in clear soup), potato pancakes with homemade salami and cheese and local wines. Birrerie in Trento, for example. Two Giants, Via Simonino 20 (closed. sb.), they offer both snacks, as well as full meals.
The nightlife in the city is not very lively, but two bars are open late. The Boston Bar on Viale San Francesco d'Assisi is the center of the city's social life. You can drink American beer here, loud music is playing and the whole evening is full of people. Al Picaro on Via Giovanni, on the other hand, specializes in malt beers and whiskies and occasionally places a bulletin board about vacancies in cars or about tickets to different parts of Italy..