Rovereto

Infobox CityIT
img_coa = Rovereto-Stemma.png official_name = Comune di Rovereto
region = Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
province = Trento (TN)
elevation_m = 204
area_total_km2 = 50
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 35858
population_density_km2 = 717
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|45|53|N|11|3|E|region:IT_type:city(35136)
frazioni = Borgo Sacco, Lizzana, Lizzanella, Marco, Mori Stazione, Noriglio, S.Giorgio, S.Ilario
name=Rovereto| mapx=45.9|mapy=11.08
telephone = 0464
postalcode = 38068
gentilic = Roveretani
saint = Saint Mary of the Snow
day = August 5
mayor =
website = [http://www.comune.rovereto.tn.it www.comune.rovereto.tn.it]

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|image_caption=The Castle of Rovereto.

Rovereto is a city and "comune" in the province of Trento in Italy.

History

Main sights

Rovereto is an ancient fortress town with its great castle still intact, standing as it did at the frontier between the bishopric of Trento - an independent state until 1797 - and the republic of Venice, and later between Austrian Tyrol and Italy. Its other great attraction is equally connected with its border status: it is the mighty bell Maria Dolens, the largest outside Russia and East Asia, and the largest sounding bell in the world. Maria Dolens ("the grieving Virgin Mary") was built under the inspiration of a local priest, between 1918 and 1925, to commemorate the fallen in all wars, and to this day it sounds for the dead every day. Originally a patriotic rather than pacifist idea, it is today regarded as a shrine to peace.

In the summer of 2008 Rovereto will co-host Manifesta 7, the European Biennial of Contemporary Art. which is one of the most important events in the field of contemporary art, together with the Venice Biennial and the Documenta.

*MART, the [http://www.mart.trento.it Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto] , is one of the most important Italian museums, offers temporary exhibitions, educational activities, and has a remarkable permanent collection.

In the area of Lavini di Marco footprints of dinosaurs have been found. The species have been identified as the herbivorous "Camptosaurus" and carnivorous "Dilophosaurus".

Marco, nearby Rovereto, hosts a large landslide which has been reported by Dante Alighieri in his "Divina Commedia": "Qual è quella ruina che nel fianco di qua da Trento l'Adice percosse, o per tremoto o per sostegno manco" (Inferno, canto XII).

Economy

In the past Rovereto was an important centre for the manufacture of silk. Current production include those of wine, rubber, chocolate, and glasses.

Rovereto is the birthplace (1941) of Sferoflex eyeglasses, now taken over by Luxottica. Other relevant companies located in Rovereto are Marangoni Pneumatici, Lepetit, Cioccolato Cisa, Metalsystem.

External links

* [http://www.studentirovereto.it/ Rovereto Student Forum]
* [http://occhiodirovereto.splinder.com/ Blog OcchioDiRovereto]
* [http://massacriticarovereto.splinder.com/ Massa Critica Rovereto]