Art and architecture, nature and museums have made Trento a cultural hotspot. Without a doubt the political, religious, commercial and monumental hub of the city, Splendid noble palaces line piazza del Duomo (frescoed inside, especially the Case Cazuffi-Rella).

The Piazza also hosts the tomb of San Vigilio, as well as the Romanesque Duomo of San Vigilio, built in 1212 on the commission of Bishop Federico Vanga – it was here that all the Council’s formal sessions were held. Palazzo Pretorio, then, along with the crenellated Vanga Tower (13th Century), compose the Duomo complex that dominates the Piazza, at the centre of which stands the spectacular 18th-Century Fountain of Neptune. Meanwhile, the Castello del Buonconsiglio, hosting a series of diverse museums, also remarkable is the palazzi in Venetian-Renaissance style, with their Via Belenzani-fronting facades magnificently frescoed.

Be sure to visit Palazzo Pona Geremia - dating back to the 1400s.  Trento is also home to an important University, and thus bursting with the typical youthful atmosphere that student life brings. Cultural events, exhibits, concerts and art openings, reading and aperitivi are the order of the day.

And visitors have plenty of museums to choose from check out one or a few of the several sites belonging to the Provincial museum complex, the Piedicastello Galleries, the War History and Aeronautics and Aviation Museums, the Diocesan Museum and/or the MART. The choice is ample, making room for Contemporary and Modern Art, sacred art and archaeology.