Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
( 0461 23 37 70;
www.buonconsiglio.it
; Via Clesio 5; adult/reduced/family €8/5/7; 9.30am-5pm
Tue-Sun)
Guarded by hulking fortifications, Trento's bishop-princes holed up here until Na-
poleon's arrival in 1801. Behind the walls are the original 13th-century castle, the
Castelvecchio, and the Renaissance residence Magno Palazzo, which provides an atmo-
spheric backdrop for a varied collection of artefacts.
Duomo
(Cattedrale di San Vigilio; 6.30am-6pm)
Once host to the Council of Trent, this dimly lit
Romanesque cathedral displays fragments of medieval frescoes inside its transepts. Two
colonnaded stairways flank the nave, leading, it seems, to heaven. Built over a 6th-century
temple devoted to San Vigilio, patron saint of Trento, the foundations form part of a
palaeo-Christian archaeological area
(
10am-noon & 2.30-5.30pm Mon-Sat, admission €1.50 or included
with Museo Diocesano entrance
).
CATHEDRAL
Museo Diocesano Tridentino
MUSEUM
(Palazzo Pretorio; 0461 23 44 19; Piazza del Duomo 18; adult/reduced €5/3 incl Duomo's archaeologic-
al area; 9.30am-12.30pm & 2.30-5.30pm Wed-Mon)
Sitting across the square from the
duomo
,
this former bishop's residence dates from the 11th century. It now houses one of Italy's
most important ecclesiastical collections with enormous documentary paintings of the
Council of Trent, along with Flemish tapestries, exquisite illustrated manuscripts, vest-
ments and some particularly opulent reliquaries.
Piazza del Duomo
PIAZZA
Trento's heart is this busy yet intimate piazza, dominated, of course, by the
duomo
, but
tain rather whimsically dedicated to Neptune. Intricate, allegorical frescoes fill the 16th-
ern side.
Tridentum La Città Sotterranea
ROMAN SITE
