Buonconsiglio Castle ★
Seat of the Prince-Bishops for five centuries, this is the largest fortified complex in the Alps and a symbol of Trento.
Trento: 5 places to start with
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Castles Buonconsiglio Castle Seat of the Prince-Bishops for five centuries, this is the largest fortified complex in the Alps and a symbol of Trento. -
Churches Cattedrale di San Vigilio The fourth-century basilica under the floor and the church of the council's decrees. -
Museums MUSE Renzo Piano's museum, visited from the top down, from the glacier to the tropical greenhouse. -
Museums Museo dell'aeronautica Gianni Caproni Italy's oldest flight museum, kept alive by the founder's wife. -
Museums Museo diocesano tridentino In the prince-bishops' palace: the council tapestries and the cathedral from above.
35 places covered in Trento Grouped by type, most important first.
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Castles, palaces and villas
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Torre Vanga
Trento's red tower, built to defend a bridge that no longer exists.
Palazzo delle Albere
The villa-fortress of Trento's prince-bishops, with towers and moat.
Forte Doss di Sponde
Nineteenth-century Austro-Hungarian fort on the Bondone with a swallow-shaped plan; now a private home, not open.
Torre della Tromba
Twelfth-century tower house turned prison; its rooftop siren sounds every day at 11:57.
Mura Vanghiane
From the Vanga walls of 1215-1218 to the Clesian ones: the Torrione of piazza Fiera and the surviving towers.
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Palazzo Thun
Thun family residence on via Belenzani, Town Hall since 1873: Renaissance portal and frescoed rooms.
Castello della Torre Franca
Twelfth-century castle of Mattarello with four cylindrical towers and a square keep; privately owned.
Palazzina Liberty
Liberty pavilion of 1920 in the piazza Dante gardens: day hotel, café and now the children's library.
Torre Verde
Trento tower with a green cone of 1506, mentioned already in 1197 and tied to the walls on the Adige.
Complesso fortificato di Mattarello
Three Austro-Hungarian works on the slopes of the Vigolana: low battery, high battery and the Mattarello fort.
Forte Bus de Vela
Austro-Hungarian road cut of 1860 in the Vela gorge: never in battle, now run by the Museo storico del Trentino.
Palazzo di Giustizia
Habsburg courthouse of 1881 on largo Pigarelli: red Trento stone, Neo-Gothic and Neoclassical style.
Palazzo Salvadori
Renaissance palace of 1515 on via Manci, with medallions tied to the false accusation of 1475 against the Jews.
Churches and places of worship
8Cattedrale di San Vigilio ★
The fourth-century basilica under the floor and the church of the council's decrees.
Chiesa di Santa Maria Maggiore
Renaissance church built for Prince-Bishop Clesio (1520), venue of the Council of Trent's general congregations.
Chiesa di San Lorenzo
Benedictine abbey church of 1166-1183 beside the station: three aisles, star-painted vaults and an organ of 2005.
Collegio dei Gesuiti
Former Jesuit college (built from 1670), later barracks and seminary; since 1921 home of the municipal library.
Cappella di Sant'Adalberto
Octagonal Romanesque-style chapel in Gocciadoro park (1872-1873), deconsecrated and restored in 2010-2011.
Chiesa del Santissimo Sacramento
Historicist Romanesque church by Emilio Paor (1911-1926): three aisles, octagonal dome and 150 windows.
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Convento di San Bernardino
Franciscan convent on a terrace in Trento, rebuilt after 1689: single-nave church and an old library.
Chiesa della Madonna della Neve
Small alpine church at Vaneze on the Bondone: in 1936 Umberto di Savoia and the Duke of Aosta attended Mass here.
Museums, theatres and collections
6MUSE ★
Renzo Piano's museum, visited from the top down, from the glacier to the tropical greenhouse.
Museo dell'aeronautica Gianni Caproni ★
Italy's oldest flight museum, kept alive by the founder's wife.
Museo diocesano tridentino ★
In the prince-bishops' palace: the council tapestries and the cathedral from above.
Spazio Archeologico Sotterraneo del Sas
Under piazza Cesare Battisti, the remains of Roman Tridentum: wall, tower, red-stone road and sewers.
Gallerie di Piedicastello
Former bypass tunnels (1974-2007), now a museum space: one black, one white.
Museo Nazionale Storico degli Alpini
On the Doss Trento since 1958: the Alpini's history in trophies, gold medals and a shrine by Caccia Dominioni.
Squares, fountains and monuments
3Fontana del Nettuno
Fountain in piazza Duomo (1767-1769) with Neptune, tritons and sea horses; the original statue is in Palazzo Thun.
Mausoleo di Cesare Battisti
Ettore Fagiuoli's mausoleum (1935) on the Doss Trento: sixteen columns and an elliptical cell with the remains.
Monumento a Dante a Trento
Bronzes by Cesare Zocchi (1896) in front of the station: Hell, Purgatory and Paradise rising to Dante.
Nature and viewpoints
2Torbiera delle Viote
Small Alpine peat bog at the Viote, below the Palon: birches, amphibians, raptors and, at times, wolf and bear.
Parco di Melta
Large urban park in Melta di Gardolo with sports pitches, three play areas and a dog area.
Parks and gardens
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Giardino Botanico Alpino Viote
The Viote alpine garden on the Bondone, with a rockery for each range.
Archaeology
1Riparo Gaban
Rock shelter at the foot of the Calisio: Mesolithic and Neolithic finds with female figures in bone and antler.
Tours, tickets and experiences
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