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Trento (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 46 04 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 46.0667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 011 08 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 11.1333 decimal degrees |
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Note: On Adige River; was Roman military base; seat of Lombard duchy 6th cen.; passed to Austria 16th cen.; site of Council of Trent (1545-1563) where doctrines of Catholic Reformation were established; passed to Italy 1918 & badly flooded 1966. |
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| Trento (preferred,C,V)
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| Trentino (C,V)
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| Trent (C,O)
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| Trient (C,O)
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| Trente (C,V)
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| Tridentum (H,V)
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............ | ancient |
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Trento (province) (P) |
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Trento (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled as early as 4th cen. BC |
| city (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| episcopal see (C) |
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established by first bishop St. Vigilius late 4th-early 5th cen. & later became an episcopal principality in 1027 |
| manufacturing center (C) |
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produces leather goods, textiles, furniture & food crops |
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