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TRENTO

In the early modern period Trento was the chief city of a prince-bishopric, part of the broader political sphere of the Holy Roman Empire. A linguistic, political and cultural border city, Trento was a crucial stop on the commercial route between Italy and Germany. Located on the road to the Brenner pass, it was at the centre of a commercial route leading to Bolzano, Innsbruck, Augsburg and Nuremberg in the north, and Brescia, Verona and Venice in the south. Situated between the County of Tyrol and the Republic of Venice, in the sixteenth century it had a population of around 5000, the majority of whom were Italian speaking.

Map of the City

Ursula

Angelo

Votiv banner

Processional Insignia

Printed book 'Pratica del ben morire'

Devotional Picture

Devotional Painting attributed to Martino Teofilo Polacco

S. Rocco

Commemorative book of the funeral of the Prince Bishop

Etching with bishop and S. Vigilio

Planet with a princely bishop's coat of arms

Portrait of a canon

Seal of the canon

Mass of S. Gregory with canons

Ecstasy of S. Vigilio

The prince-bishop and the city patron

Statue of S. Vigilio

Madonna of humility with S. Vigilio and S. Sisinio

Assembly at S. Maria Maggiore

Frontispiece with Hebrew's characters

Fresco with Madruzzo's Arms

S. Rocco in the altar with doors