Trento


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Trento (German: Trient) is an Italian city located in the Adige river valley in the Trentino-South Tyrol region. 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 and 110,142 in the outer areas (2004). Trento lies in a wide glacial valley, where the Fersina and Avisio rivers join the Adige (the second longest river in Italy). The city 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). Nearby lakes include the Lago di Caldonazzo, Lago di Levico, Lago di Garda and Lago di Toblino.

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 throughfare. The manufacturing industry installed in the post-war period has been mostly dismantled.

Source: Wikipedia