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See also:TRENT (See also:Lat. Tridentum; Ital. Trento; Ger. relent) , the See also:capital of the See also:south or See also:Italian-speaking portion of the See also:Austrian See also:province of See also:Tirol. It stands on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Adige where this See also:river is joined by the Fersina, and is a station on the See also:Brenner railway, 35 M. S. of See also:Botzen and 56a m. N. of See also:Verona. It has a very picturesque See also:appearance, especially when approached from the See also:north, with its embattled walls and towers filling the whole breadth of the valley. A conspicuous feature in the view is the isolated rocky citadel of Doss Trento (the See also:Roman Verruca), that rises on the right hank of the Adige to a height of 308 ft. above the See also:city and is now very strongly fortified, as are various other positions near Trent giving See also:access to Trent from the See also:east (Val Sugana) or the See also:west (valley of the Sarca). With its numerous palaces, substantial houses, broad streets, and spacious squares, Trent presents the aspect of a thoroughly Italian city, and its inhabitants (24,868 in 19oo, including a See also:garrison of over 2000 men) speak Italian only—it is the centre of the region called Italia Irredenla by fervent Italian patriots. The Duomo or See also:cathedral See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church (dedicated to See also:San Vigilio, the first See also:bishop) was built in four instalments between the 11th and 15th centu:ies, and was restored in 1882-1889. More interesting historically is the church of See also:Santa Maria See also:Maggiore, built in 1514-153Q, and the See also:scene of the sessions of the famous Ecumenical See also:Council (as to which, see below) which lasted, with several breaks, from 1J45 to 1563; near it, in the open, a See also:column was erected in 1845, on the occasion of the three hundredth anniversary of the opening of the Council. To the east of the city rises the See also:Castello del Buon Consiglio, for centuries the See also:residence of the See also:prince-bishops, but now used as See also:barracks. There is a huge See also:town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, which also houses the museum and the very extensive town library. Trent lives rather on its See also:historical souvenirs than on its See also:industries, which are not very extensive, viticulture, See also:silk-See also:spinning and the preparation of 'salami (a strongly spiced See also:kind of Italian sausage) being the See also:chief. Ecclesiastically Trent is a See also:suffragan see of the archbishopric of See also:Salzburg. Opposite the railway station a statue of See also:Dante was erected in 1896, for he is believed to have visited this region about 1304.
Trent was originally the capital of the Tridentini, and is mentioned in the Antonine Itinerary as a station on the See also:great road from Verona to Veldidena (See also:Innsbruck) over the Brenner. It was later ruled by the See also:Ostrogoths (5th See also:century) and the See also:Lombards (6th century) after the See also:conquest of whom by the See also:Franks (774) Trent became See also:part of the See also:kingdom of See also:Italy. But in 1027 the See also:emperor See also:Conrad II. bestowed all temporal rights in the region on the bishop (the see See also:dates from the 4th century) and transferred it to See also:Germany, an event which fixed all its later See also:history. The Venetian attacks were finally re-pulsed in 1487, and the bishop retained his temporal See also:powers till 1803 when they passed to See also:Austria, to which (See also:save 1805-1814, when first the Bavarians and then See also:Napoleon held the region) they have ever since belonged, the Trentino being annexed formally to Tirol in 1814. (W. A. B.
End of Article: TRENT (Lat. Tridentum; Ital. Trento; Ger. relent)
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