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Trento

\nTrento (English Trent, Italian Trento (TREN-to), German Trient (tree-ENT), Latin Tridentum (The Latin form is the source of the adjective Tridentine), is in Trentino-Alto Adige (South Tyrol) Region of Italy. It is the capital of the region and of the autonomous province of Trento.

The City

\nThe 2001 population of the city is 104,946. The population live in a province that is almost completely mountainous, and has an area of 6,207 km2 and a 2001 population of 477,017. Highway A22-E45 to
Verona and to Bolzano/Bozen, Innsbruck and Munich. Railway (main connection between Italy and Germany). Originally a Celtic city later conquered by Romans, Trent became famous for the Council of Trent (1545-1563) which gave rise to the Counter-Reformation.\nThe adjective Tridentine literally means pertaining to Trento, but because of the Tridentine Council, can also refer to this specific event.

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