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ries of diverse museums, served as Trento’s bishops' residence from the 1200s
to the 1700s; it is composed of several
components dating to different eras. It
also offers an astounding view!
erected near the ancient borgo of Piedicastello, at the feet of the Doss Trento
.
Do
Trento is also home to an important UniAlso remarkable are the palazzi in Vene- versity, and thus bursting with the typitian-Renaissance style, with their Via Belen- cal youthful atmosphere that student life
zani-fronting facades magnificently fresco- brings. Cultural events, exhibits, concered.
ts and art openings, reading and aperitivi are the order of the day.
And two rather characteristic structures,
both 16th-Century, include the red mar- And visitors have plenty of museums to
ble Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, choose from: check out one or a few of
and Palazzo Tabarelli, the facade of whi- the several sites belonging to the Provinch features 22 reliefs of important perso- cial museum complex, the Piedicastello
Galleries, the War History and Aeronaunages of Trent.
tics and Aviation Museums, the Diocesan
Be sure to visit Palazzo Pona Geremia Museum and/or the MART. The choice is
- dating back to the 1400s – observing ample, making room for Contemporary
its scenographic facade, decorated with and Modern Art, sacred art and archaefrescoes depicting the city’s history; and ology.
the c. 1200s Church of Sant’Apollinare,
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