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Originally a Celtic city, Trento was later conquered by the Romans in the first Century BC. In 1027, the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Conrad II, created the Prince-Bishop of Trento, who held both temporal and religious powers. Prince-bishops ruled Trento until Napoleon conquered the city in 1801.
Between 1545 and 1563, the Cathedral of San Vigilio hosted the solemn sessions of the Council of Trent. Although the Council of Trent has sometimes been characterized as one overly long meeting, it only met for three sessions (consisting of a total of 25 actual meetings) between 1545-1563. This began the Counter Reformation and brought half of Europe back to Roman Catholicism.
The Cathedral of San Vigilio, also called Cathedral of Trento, located in Piazza del Duomo, adjacent to Palazzo Pretorio. The Cathedral was built over the remains of a 4th-century Christian Basilica dedicated to San Vigilio, where the Saint was buried at the beginning of the 5th century.
In the 11th century, the prince-bishop Uldaric II began the rebuilding of the Cathedral. Modifications continued into the next centuries
The castle originated from a fortified building that was erected in the 13th century next to the city’s walls. This first building was called Castelvecchio (“Old Castle”), and was home to Trento’s bishop-princes from the 13th century until 1801.
The castle is composed of a series of buildings of different eras, enclosed by a circle of walls in a slightly elevated position above the town. The Castelvecchio is the oldest and most dominant building of the entire housing development.
Roman ruins from the ancient Roman city of Tridentum werebrought back to light during the excavation works carried out to refurbish and expand the Social Theatre in the heart of Trento.
The ancient Roman city of Tridentum was defined as the “splendidum municipium” by Emperor Claudius in 46 A.D.
The findings consist of a long section of the Eastern fortification walls, of an extensive piece of paved road, of parts of houses featuring remnants of mosaics, courtyards and craft workshops.
