See Also: Trento(encyclopedia)
Inv. Trento, SICAV, S.A.(finance)
Trento (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)

Trento (sh)




English Trent ancient Tridentum

City (pop., 2001 prelim.: 104,844), capital of Trentino-Alto Adige region, on the Adige River in northern Italy.

Reportedly founded by the Raetians งใ 4th century BC, it later became a Roman colony on the road to the Brenner Pass in the Alps. In the Christian era Trento came under the Ostrogoths, Lombards, and Franks. It was the site of the Council of Trent (1545-63). It came under the Napoleonic kingdom of Italy in the early 19th century and passed to Austria in 1814 and to Italy in 1918. An agricultural market centre, it also has some light industry.