23 Sights in Trento, Italy (with Map and Images)

The Gianni Caproni Museum of Aeronautics is Italy's oldest aviation museum, as well as the country's oldest corporate museum. It was established in 1927 as the Caproni Museum by Italian aviation pioneer and aeronautical engineer, Giovanni Battista "Gianni" Caproni and his wife, Timina Guasti Caproni.

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The fountain of Neptune is located in Piazza Duomo in Trento, where it was customary to install the "fire machine" for the feast of San Vigilio, and was built to a design by the sculptor Francesco Antonio Giongo di Lavarone between 1767 and 1769. For this fountain, the sculptor devised a system of uninterrupted water flow.

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The fortified complex of Mattarello is a set of three Austro-Hungarian fortifications that are part of the Fortress of Trento and are located in Mattarello, a hamlet of the municipality of Trento. It belongs to the great system of Austrian fortifications on the Italian border and in particular to the complex system of fortifications on the southern front of the Fortress of Trento in the defence sector I. Together with the Romagnano fort, it served as a barrier to the Adige Valley from the south.

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Straßensperre Bus de Vela is one of the Austro-Hungarian forts that was part of the Fortress of Trento. The fort is located in Cadine and belongs to the great system of Austrian fortifications on the Italian border.

Wikipedia: Tagliata stradale Bus de Vela (IT)

The Church of Santa Maria Maggiore is an important place of worship in the city of Trento, and the site of the Third Session of the Council of Trent. It was built by Antonio Medaglia on the model of the basilica of Sant'Andrea in Mantua, at the wish of the Prince-Archbishop Bernardo Clesio. In November 1973 Pope Paul VI accorded it the status of minor cathedral.

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The Roncogno Battery is one of the Austro-Hungarian fortresses that was part of the Fortress of Trento, near the town of Celva at the Cimirlo Pass. The fort belongs to the great system of Austrian fortifications on the Italian border.

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Palazzo Geremia is a Renaissance palace located in Trento, in via Rodolfo Belenzani, built between the end of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century at the behest of the Veronese merchant Giovanni Antonio Pona, known as Geremia, bringing together several buildings from an earlier era. Located in front of Palazzo Thun, seat of the municipality of Trento, today it houses the meeting room of the Municipal Council and an exhibition room.

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Palazzo delle Albere is a Renaissance villa-fortress in Trento, northern Italy. It was built during the 16th century by the Madruzzo family of prince-bishops of Trento. It takes its name from the rows of poplars that once led to the castle; it is surrounded by a park, now smaller than once because it is crossed by the Brenner Railway and partly occupied by the Trento Monumental Cemetery. It has a square plan, with four square, 6 m-wide and 20 m tall corner towers, surrounded by a ditch.

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Torre Vanga is a historic building in Trento built in 1210 and now owned by the Autonomous Province of Trento. It is one of the most significant medieval monuments of the city and is located in Via Prepositura.

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The church of Sant'Agata, or church of Sant'Agata e Santa Lucia, is a church in the municipality of Trento, located on top of the Dosso Sant'Agata, above the hamlet of Povo. it is a subsidiary of the church of Saints Peter and Andrew in Povo.

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Fort Casara is one of the Austro-Hungarian forts that was part of the Fortress of Trento. The fort is located between the towns of Montevaccino and Cognola; It belongs to the great system of Austrian fortifications on the Italian border.

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Palazzo Tabarelli is a Renaissance palace built between the years 1511 and 1527 by Donato de Fatis Tabarelli and was used as a residence for the noble Tabarelli de Fatis family of Terlago. The palace was designed by Maestro Alessio Longhi Veronese, the same person who built the loggia of the Buonconsiglio Castle and other works such as the holy water pile in the Duomo.

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The "S.A.S.S." is an archaeological area that houses the remains of the Roman Tridentum corresponding to today's Trento. The name recalls the ancient city district of Sas, dismantled to make room for Piazza Cesare Battisti.

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Palazzo Trentini is a building located in Trento, in via Manci, built in the middle of the eighteenth century by the Trentino barons family. The Council of the Autonomous Province of Trento is located in the building.

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Torre del Massarello, or Torre Massarelli, della Storta or more properly archdeaconal tower, is a medieval tower in the center of the fortified system in the district of Borgo Nuovo in Trento. The building was the residence of Archdeacon Martino Neideck and hosted Bishop Angelo Massarelli during the Council of Trent. It is located between Via Santa Trinità and Vicolo della Storta, in front of the Palazzo delle Poste.

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The Blacks tower house, called Rella and in the eighteenth century called Piubellini, is a residential building of medieval layout with an elegant Renaissance façade. The house belonged to the Blacks family of San Pietro and is located in Trento in Via San Pietro outside the walls of the ancient city.

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The Monument to Dante in Trento is a sculptural group dedicated to Dante Alighieri, the work of the Florentine artist Cesare Zocchi, located in the park in front of the railway station. It was built as a symbol of the Italian language and the Italian character of the city in 1896 when Trentino was part of the County of Tyrol, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

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The city of Trento is home to several buildings that feature painted facades. The custom of decorating facades in the city was inspired by what was happening in Veneto, especially in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

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The cathedral of San Vigilio, or the cathedral of Trento, is the main church of the city. It is the cathedral of the Tridentine Archdiocese, and was elevated to the rank of minor basilica by Pope Pius X on March 18, 1913 and counted among the Italian national monuments by royal decree in 1940.

Wikipedia: Cattedrale di San Vigilio (IT)

The church of San Lorenzo is a Roman Catholic church located in Trento, Italy. Formerly belonging to the Order of St. Benedict and then to the Order of Friars Preachers, it is usually governed by a friar of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.

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The Brusafer Battery or also known as the Brusaferro Battery is an Austro-Hungarian fortification that is part of the Fortress of Trento. The fort belongs to the great system of Austrian fortifications on the Italian border.

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The MUSE is the science museum of Trento. It is located south of the historic Palazzo delle Albere, in a building within the residential district Le Albere, both designed by Renzo Piano. It was inaugurated on 27 July 2013 and replaced, continuing its activities, the Tridentine Museum of Natural Sciences.

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The Cycle of the Months is a sequence of frescoes located in Trento, in the Torre dell'Aquila in the Buonconsiglio Castle, attributed to the master Wenceslas. They date back to the end of the fourteenth and beginning of the fifteenth century and are the best example of international Gothic in Trentino and one of the most significant in northern Italy.

Wikipedia: Ciclo dei Mesi (IT)