Discover 15 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Trento (Italy). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Castello del Buonconsiglio, Gianni Caproni Museum of Aeronautics, and Museum of Science. Also, be sure to include Trento Cathedral in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Trento (Trentino-South Tyrol).
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Castello del Buonconsiglio
13th-century castle, palace and art museum. Buonconsiglio Castle is a castle in Trento, northern Italy.[1]
Address: Via Bernardo Clesio, 5, 38122 Trento
Gianni Caproni Museum of Aeronautics
Also known as: Museo dell'aeronautica Gianni Caproni
Museum in Italy. The Gianni Caproni Museum of Aeronautics is Italy's oldest aviation museum, as well as the country's oldest corporate museum. It was established in 1927 as the Caproni Museum by Italian aviation pioneer and aeronautical engineer, Giovanni Battista "Gianni" Caproni and his wife, Timina Guasti Caproni.
The museum was originally located in Taliedo, in the suburbs of Milan. The aircraft in the collection were moved to Venegono Superiore during World War II, and the exhibition was reopened in Vizzola Ticino (in the province of Varese) in the 1960s. At the end of the 1980s, the museum moved to its present location. The current museum building, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of Trento and adjacent to the Trento Airport (itself dedicated to the memory of Gianni Caproni), was opened on 3 October 1992.[2]
Address: Via Lidorno, 3, 38123 Trento
Museum of Science
Museum in Trento, Italy. The Museo delle Scienze is a science museum in Trento, Italy. The museum was designed by architect Renzo Piano and opened in 2013.[3]
Address: Corso del Lavoro e della Scienza 3, Trento
Trento Cathedral
Also known as: Duomo di Trento
Medieval edifice with a rose window. Trento Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Trento, northern Italy. It is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Trento, and until 1802, was the seat of the Bishopric of Trent. It was built over a pre-existing 4th-century church devoted to Saint Vigilius, patron saint of the city.[4]
Address: Piazza Duomo, 38122 Trento
Church of Saint Mary Major
Also known as: Chiesa di Santa Maria Maggiore
Catholic church in Trento, Italy. The Church of Santa Maria Maggiore is an important place of worship in the city of Trento, and the site of the Third Session of the Council of Trent. It was built by Antonio Medaglia on the model of the basilica of Sant'Andrea in Mantua, at the wish of the Prince-Archbishop Bernardo Clesio. In November 1973 Pope Paul VI accorded it the status of minor cathedral.[5]
Address: Piazza Santa Maria Maggiore, Trento
Stadio Briamasco
Stadium in Trento, Italy. Stadio Briamasco, previously known as Stadium, is a multi-use stadium in Trento, Italy. Owned by the city, it is primarily used for football and is the home ground of A.C. Trento 1921 S.S.D. The stadium is equipped with a six-lane athletics track and is also used as an archery and cycling venue.
Opened in September of 1922, during its entire existence the stadium has been the home venue of A.C. Trento 1921. It also hosted home matches for Mezzocorona from the 2008–09 to 2010–11 seasons and was the temporary home of Dro for one game in 2014. The Briamasco has hosted two matches of the Italy national under-21 football team. It has a listed seating capacity of 4,200.[6]
Address: Via Roberto da San Severino 41, Trento
Rifugio Bindesi - Pino Prati
Bindesi Refuge - "Pino Prati" is a refuge located in the municipality of Trento in the Venetian Prealps.
Built in 1962 by the SAT Grotta di Villazzano group, it was dedicated to Pino Prati, a Trentino mountaineer and author of the first guidebook of the Brenta Group, who perished with Giuseppe Bianchi in 1927 on Campanile Basso.
It is located in a panoramic position on the western slopes of Marzola near the Bindesi rock gym, a "historic" gym frequented since the 1920s-30s by Trento mountaineers. For many people of Trento, the Bindesi, from which one can embrace the entire city of Trento and its mountains at a glance, are synonymous with mountaineering baptism; many mountaineers began climbing right here: on the "Mariota," the "Onta," the "Sdramele."
Address: Str. dei Bindesi, 38123 Trento
Palazzo Pretorio
Praetorian Palace or Bishop's Palace is a building in Trent, located in Cathedral Square and now home to the Tridentine Diocesan Museum.
Palazzo delle Albere
Museum in Trento, Italy. Palazzo delle Albere is a Renaissance villa-fortress in Trento, northern Italy. It was built during the 16th century by the Madruzzo family of prince-bishops of Trento. It takes its name from the rows of poplars that once led to the castle; it is surrounded by a park, now smaller than once because it is crossed by the Brenner Railway and partly occupied by the Trento Monumental Cemetery. It has a square plan, with four square, 6 m-wide and 20 m tall corner towers, surrounded by a ditch.
In the Great Hall, on the second floor, were once frescoes celebrating emperor Charles V's deeds. Still visible are instead the depictions of the 12 months. The third floor has also kept numerous Renaissance frescoes, depicting imaginary landscapes with ruins and castles, as well as the seven Liberal arts, the four Cardinal virtues and the three Theological virtues.
According to legend, it was connected by a secret tunnel to the city's cathedral, which was used by the prince-bishops move unseen between them.
From 1987 to 2011, Palazzo delle Albere was the seat of the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto.[7]
Address: Via Roberto da Sanseverino 45, 38122 Trento
Museo Diocesano Tridentino
Museum, Specialty museum, Art museum
Address: Piazza del Duomo 18, 38122 Trento
Etschtal
Also known as: Valle dell'Adige
Valley. The Etschtal, Italian: Val d'Adige or Valle dell'Adige, is the name given to that part of alpine valley of the Adige in Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, which stretches from Merano to Bolzano and from Salorno to Rovereto.
South of Rovereto, the valley's name changes to Vallagarina, but Val d'Adige is often used to define the whole river valley, up to its entrance into the Padan Plain.
The valley separates: at the top, the Alps (to the West) from the Dolomites (to the East); at the bottom the Pre-Alps and Lake Garda (to the West) from the Venetian pre-Alps (to the East).[8]
Musoleo di Cesare Battisti
Cesare Battisti's mausoleum is located on the hill of Doss Trento, was designed by architect Ettore Fagiuoli in 1935 and inaugurated on May 26 of that year-in the presence of Victor Emmanuel III of Savoy and Achille Starace, secretary of the PNF-with the translation of the Fallen from the Trento cemetery.
MART - Galleria Civica
The civic tower, also known by the name of Torre di Piazza, is a historic building in Trento.
Address: Via Rodolfo Belenzani, 44, 38122 Trento
Monte Calisio
Mountain in Italy. Monte Calisio, at 3,582 feet, is a mountain located in the North of Italy and sourrended by the following suburbs of Trento and Civezzano: Martignano, Cognola, Villamontagna, Gardolo and Melta di Gardolo.[9]
Le Gallerie
The Piedicastello Galleries are a museum space in Trent, managed by the Trentino Historical Museum.
Address: Piazza di Piedicastello, 38122 Trento