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Trento was founded in the Roman Age at the foot of the Doss Trento a rocky
outcrop on the right of the Adige with the Dolomite Mountains rising
in the near distance. If you walk from Piazza Battisti
you can walk through Roman ruins: gates, roads, houses. Trento was
a roman town of some importance (Tridentum) and after Goth, Lombard
and Carolingian rule it passed in year 1027 from Emperor Conrad
the Salic to the Bishop Princes. The Bishop Princes rule lasted
until year 1801. Monuments include the Duomo, built in 12th-13th
Century and seat of the Council of Trento, and the Castello del
Buon Consiglio, an imposing building dating to various periods (original
nucleus 9th Century) seat of the Bishop Princes.
In the Middle Ages it moved to the opposite bank when it was enclosed
by a robust set of walls. It was fully developed in the Renaissance
period. Trento is a city of art that has a strong Renaissance mark,
which characterises it for its colours, its buildings and make it
unique in the entire Alpine region.
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