Nestled in the mountains, two hours from the Austrian border and in the valley of the Adige River, the town of Trento can be found. The captial of the Trentino-Alto Adige region in Italy, the city is famous for being the location of the Council of Trent. A highly developed, modern city Trento is also a bustling university town with lots to see and do.
In the heart of Italy's Central Alps is a park dominated by the Ortles-Cevedale massif group, where one can watch the majestic beauty of ice and water pouring from the summits into the waterways of the green valleys below. Lucky visitors will spy glaciers, grassland, imposing mountains and ridges, and luxuriant forests. There are also many rare plant and animals species to be found within Stelvio National Park and several scattered villages to visit and explore.
Trentino-Alto Adige is a region located in northern Italy. The region is made of two provinces, Bolzano and Trento. It had once been a part of Hungary-Austria and before that a part of Austrian Empire in the olden times. It had remained a part of the empire from 1389 till 1919 when it was annexed to Italy. Along with the state of Tyrol in Austria, the region represents the South Tyrol-Euroregion Tyrol.
The area has been important since time immemorial due to the existence of the Brenner Pass through the Alps and so whoever controlled the region could control all trade flowing north and south. It is for this region that the mountainous region has been fought over for centuries and today is home to many castles and forts perched upon mountain tops. The Romans were quick to claim the area after assimilating the indigenous Rhaetian peoples and it was later sacked by the Goths and invaded by the Bavarian peoples. The middle ages saw the rise of the Counts of Tyrol, the brief rule by Venice and a 400 year rule by the Austrian Empire.
