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  Adige - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Adige (Italian; Etsch in German) is a river with its source in the region of South Tyrol, Italy.
The Adige then runs eastbound through the Vinschgau-Val Venosta to Meran-Merano where it is met by the Passeier-Passirio river from the north.
The Adige then crosses Trentino and later Veneto, flowing past the city of Verona and the towns of Rovereto and Adria through the Lagarina valley and the north-eastern part of the Po plain into the Adriatic sea.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Adige   (334 words)

  
 Trentino - Alto Adige
Directly south, between the Merano dip and the Rolle Pass, stretch the porphyric Alto Adige plateau and gentle hills that contrast with the rugged mountains to the north.
With the exception of the Monzoni group and the Adamello-Presanella and Cima d'Asta massifs, the whole south of the region is Mesozoic and Cenozoic rock mainly dolomitic and calcareous.
In contrast, in Alto Adige people are strongly attached to the land and an unusual law of inheritance and farm ownership (the maso chiuso) meaning that land cannot be split up among heirs but passes in its entirety to the eldest son, absolute head of a family-run farm, tends to reduce population drift.
www.italy1.it /trentinoaltoadige.htm   (2644 words)

  
 Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Trentino Alto Adige   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Trentino-Alto Adige is situated in the far north of Italy along the border with Austria.
Trentino-Alto Adige was formed in 1948 with the Regional Statute of Autonomy, pursuant to the De Gasperi-Gruber agreement in 1946, which ensured the protection of Alto Adige's linguistic and administrative autonomy.
In the Middle Ages, the present Alto Adige was a southern region of the Tyrol under the Hapsburgs and, in 1919, after the First World War it was annexed to Italy.
www.esteri.it /eng/7_45_109_181.asp   (1464 words)

  
 Trentino-Alto Adige
The name Alto Adige belongs to the northern territory of the region with the higher part of the river Adige ("alto" means "high").
In course of past decades two important changes took place in Trentino-Alto Adige; the first one is industrialization of the territory around Trento and Bolzano, favored by the wealth of hydroelectrical energy, and the second one is development of tourism especially in Alto Adige thanks to the beauty of mountains and healthy climate.
The reasons for the latter phenomenon is blooming tourism industry permitting to live well even in the smallest settlements and cultural and property traditions keeping families together and firm on the land of their ancestors.
www.italycyberguide.com /Geography/regions/trentino.htm   (1152 words)

  
 ItalianMade.com - REGIONS: Trentino-Alto Adige
In Alto Adige (or Südtirol, the German-speaking province of Bolzano), Austro-Tyrolean cooking prevails with wursts, cabbage, potatoes, rye bread and dumpling soups.
Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy's northernmost region, is walled in by the Rhaetian Alps and the Dolomites, so that only about 15 percent of the region's land is cultivable and much that is produces fruit and wine grapes.
Alto Adige, around the city of Bolzano (or Bozen) to the north, is known as Südtirol to the prominent German-speaking population.
www.italianmade.com /regions/region6.cfm   (242 words)

  
 Licata Vini: Alto Adige - Trentino   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Trentino-Alto Adige ranks 11th among the regions in size (13.620 ha.)and 16th in population.
Alto Adige, around the city of Bolzano or Bozen to the north, is better known as Sudtirol to the prominent German-speaking population.
Trentino-Alto Adige is walled in by the Rhaetian Alps and the Dolomites, so only about 15 percent of the land is cultivable.
www.licata.be /streek/altoadigeUK.htm   (772 words)

  
 ITALIA Regions of Italy - Trentino-Alto Adige
It is a mainly mountainous province, rich in rivers, torrents and numerous lakes, clusters and chains of mountains of singular beauty, divided in two by the valley of the river Adige.
Many alpine valleys break away from the valley of Adige: the Valsugana, the Vallarsa, the Val di Non, the Val di Sole, the Val di Cembra, Fiemme and Fassa; inside instead the valley Giudicarie and Rendena.
Alto Adige (South Tirol), the most northern region of Italy, in the heart of the alpine circle, has a surface area of 7,400 sq.
www.italiantourism.com /trentino.html   (762 words)

  
 History and tourist information on the Trentino Alto Adige region of Italy
The main towns of Trentino-Alto Adige are Trento (the capital of Trentino, accommodation here) and Bolzano (or Bozen to give it its German name, accommodation here) the capital of Alto Adige.
Trento lies at the neck of the Adige Valley, and in the shadow of the mighty Monte Bondone.
The Italian half of the pair of towns that govern Trentino-Alto Adige, Trento is an historic city, famously the venue of the Council of Trent, where the Catholic Counter Reformation was launched.
www.knowital.com /history/trentino/trentino-information.html   (1590 words)

  
 Province of Trento - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Trentino is an almost entirely mountainous province with a main dale crossing it in its center.
This valley is called Valle dell'Adige (Adige Valley), named after the river flowing within it, Adige river, called Etsch in German.
The principal towns of Trentino lay on the Adige Valley as it is the largest one and has been a historical passage connecting Italy with Northern Europe.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Trentino   (216 words)

  
 The Hanes Wine Review - A Romp Through Italy's Alto Adige Wine Region
Alto Adige is first of all a tough place to get a grip on because of its geographical and cultural situation.
Alto Adige is officially bilingual (that's "the funky bilingual" back in the day), and has a German speaking majority, having been part of Austria for 600 years until after World War I in 1920.
Alto Adige is surrounded by mountains, on one side the Rhaetian Alps and on the other the Dolomites.
www.haneswinereview.com /articles/0306rant.html   (1375 words)

  
 The Wine News Magazine - Alto Adige - Italy's Alsace
Both Alsace and the Alto Adige retain strong remnants of a German-speaking culture, and both are notable wine-producing provinces.
The acknowledged pacesetter for the rising fortunes of the Alto Adige is Alois Lageder of Bolzano, whose winemaking practices have established benchmarks for other producers in the region.
Other noteworthy white grapes from Alto Adige are pinot grigio, perhaps the variety that is most widely recognized by American consumers (again, very distinct in character from Alsatian pinot gris) and, on a much smaller scale, grüner veltliner, a grape that now plays a starring role in Austria's viticulture.
www.thewinenews.com /febmar99/altoadige.html   (1622 words)

  
 In Italy Online - Trentino Alto Adige
Laid out along the country's northeastern border with Austria, it is a breathtaking land of saw-toothed ridges and snow-capped peaks, alpine meadows and glittering waterfalls, popular ski resorts and immaculate medieval towns.
Italians have long known this to be one of their best vacation spots, combining glorious nature, warm hospitality, reliable accommodations and, with a few memorable exceptions, extremely affordable prices.
While this may sound like a reasonable solution, it has actually proved to be little more than another political expedient which has led, in a way, to further estrangement from Italy and to a sort of de facto internal division.
www.initaly.com /regions/taa/taa.htm   (708 words)

  
 Trentino-Alto Adige - Wikitravel
Trentino-Alto Adige is a region in Northern Italy.
South Tyrol (Alto Adige / Südtirol) the northern German-speaking part.
After the war was lost by Austria, the portion of Tirol south of the Brenner Pass was annexed by Italy and renamed Trentino - Alto Adige, Trentino being the part with Italian-speaking population.
wikitravel.org /en/Trentino-Alto_Adige   (524 words)

  
 Trentino-Alto Adige on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The terrain is almost entirely mountainous, except for a narrow strip along the upper Adige River, where most of the population is concentrated.
The region includes the Tyrolean Alps south of the Brenner Pass and, in the east, part of the Dolomites.
It was only in 1971 that a treaty was signed and ratified; this agreement stipulated that disputes in Bolzano would be submitted for settlement to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, that the province would receive increased legislative and administrative autonomy from Italy, and that Austria would not interfere in Bolzano's internal affairs.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/T/Trentino.asp   (511 words)

  
 Regional: Trentino-Alto Adige
Today, Trentino-Alto Adige is divided into two sections: Alto Adige (Südtirol in German), in the north, which has retained much of its Austrian heritage, and Italian-speaking Trentino, in the south.
The cuisine in Alto Adige borrows from German and Austrian traditions, and typical dishes include goulash, crauti (sauerkraut) and canederli or knödel (bread dumplings).
Southwest of Cembra is the ancient Roman city of Trento, the capital of Trentino-Alto Adige.
www.italiancookingandliving.com /food/regional/trentino_alto_adige.html   (692 words)

  
 The Wine of the Month Club - Regions - Italy - Trentino-Alto Adige
The vineyards of Trentino-Alto Adige carpet the hills on either side of the fast-flowing Adige River.
In Alto Adige, the northern part of the region, the valley is steep and narrow; in Trentino it is a little wider and gentler.
Labels of Alto Adige wines may well be in German as well as Italian since the province belonged to Austria until 1918.
www.wineofthemonthclub.com /regions/italy/trentino-alto_adige.html   (209 words)

  
 ItalianMade.com - WINES: Alto Adige DOC
Today, Alto Adige grape-growing and winemaking is distinctive because of the rich series of wines the region produces.
Some of the varieties currently grown in the Alto Adige go back to the Roman period, as indicated in some references by the natural historian Pliny the Elder.
The Alto Adige leads the rest of the country in percentage of DOC as opposed to ordinary wines.
www.italianmade.com /wines/DOC10030.cfm   (310 words)

  
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For Alto Adige, there has been yet another confirmation of the high professional level of its producers and of the constancy of the results in quality.
Those who are responsible for the evaluation rate Alto Adige’s 2005 vintage as a “good to, at times, very good vintage with interesting high points.” Although the unfavorable weather during the harvest period thwarted plans in some areas and with some varieties, the harvested grapes were without exception of good quality.
A credit that Alto Adige's winegrowers can claim as a result of their careful work in the vineyards.
www.southtyrolwine.com   (215 words)

  
 Wine and Food - Food - Regional Cooking - Trentino Alto Adige - Made In Italy On Line
This is the area of Trentino - Alto Adige.
Smoked meat reigns in Alto Adige, typical of cold climates, from cattle used to spending long nights outdooes and grazing on fragrant grass in the fields at high altitude.
In Alto Adige "speck" is eaten for breakfast, at noon as an antipasto, and as an afternoon snack.
www.made-in-italy.com /winefood/food/regions/trentino.htm   (969 words)

  
 Aug 05 - Italy's Adige Sala Selects UGS Parasolid, D-Cubed 2D, 3D DCM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Parasolid® will provide the geometric modeling foundation for Adige Sala’s specialized application for designing and preparing tubular parts for manufacture using the company’s advanced Lasertube cutting machines.
D-Cubed 2D DCM and 3D DCM components will deliver constraint-based part and assembly modeling capabilities to accelerate the design and revision of the parts to be manufactured.
ADIGE’s Lasertubes are designed to cut a broad range of tube shapes.
www.tenlinks.com /news/PR/ugs/080505_adige.htm   (471 words)

  
 Trentino-Alto Adige   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Residents of Trentino, the main city in the southern part of the region, mainly speak Italian, while the natives of Adige (sometimes called South Tirol) in the north predominantly speak German.
Robust country breads, dumplings (called canederli in the Trentino), and thick soups are among the hearty fare, and are usually followed with fresh fruit from the region’s abundant cherry, plum, and apple trees.
Made in Alto Adige, especially Val Venosta, Speck dell’Alto Adige, or country bacon, traditionally is smoked over a wood fire and then cured for an average of 20 to 24 weeks.
www.barillaus.com /TrentinoAlto_Adige.aspx   (570 words)

  
 Trentino
rentino-Alto Adige is separated from Veneto by the dramatic Dolomite mountains at Italy's northernmost edge.
Although the two areas are geographically united, from a gastronomic perspective, Trentino and Alto Adige are two distinct regions.
The northernmost part of the region, Alto Adige is marked by Austrian influences, including an emphasis on ham and the use of rye flour.
www.agferrari.com /index.php/trentinoaltoadige_region.html   (261 words)

  
 ItalianMade.com - REGIONS: Trentino-Alto Adige: The Wines
In Trentino-Alto Adige, production of the numerous varietal wines is centered in two large DOC zones: Trentino in the south and Alto Adige or Südtirol, the province's blanket appellation.
The dominant vine variety of Alto Adige is Schiava or Vernatsch, source of light, bright reds that flow north prodigiously to German-speaking countries.
Lagrein thrives on the gravelly plains along the Adige at Gries, a quarter of Bolzano where the wine achieves full, round, plus qualities with a bit of age.
www.italianmade.com /regions/wines6.cfm   (655 words)

  
 Rustico: Trentino-Alto Adige
In mid-March, Trentino-Alto Adige is blanketed in snow.
Rather than pasta or risotto, cooks in Trentino-Alto Adige prefer to prepare polentas made of cornmeal or buckwheat, or hearty soups studded with bread dumplings.
Speck, a smoked Prosciutto from Trentino-Alto Adige in northeastern Italy, is typically served with rye or whole-grain breads and sweet farmhouse butter at the start of a meal.
www.rusticocooking.com /trentino.htm   (390 words)

  
 River Adige - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about River Adige   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
From its source in three small lakes near Resia, the Adige flows east to Merano, then south past Bolzano, Trento, and Rovereto, then southeast past Verona.
It is deep, and below Verona has a width of about 155 m/508 ft, but its rapid current makes navigation difficult.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /River+Adige   (174 words)

  
 Italy - Skiing and mountain accommodation in the Italian Sudtirol / Alto Adige
The Rainer Residence is the perfect choice for skiing and mountain accommodation in the Italian Sudtirol of Alto Adige.
Nestling in the meadows and woods of the Ridnauntal Valley, this is a new holiday destination in Italy, for families and lovers of the fresh open air.
Included in the price of your skiing and mountain accommodation here in the Italian Sudtirol of Alto Adige are bedclothes, light and heating, towels (fresh towels supplied weekly), use of playroom and guests’ lounge, parking, children’s afternoon juice bar.
www.knowital.com /trentino/bolzano/rainer/apartments4.html   (552 words)

  
 Alto Adige Wines to Be Presented in London   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Alto Adige Office of Wine Promotion of the Bolzano Chamber of Commerce is taking part for the first time in this, the most important event for the English market on the Italian wine industry.
Alto Adige will be represented with its own tasting table in the Nursery End Pavilion in London at which twelve Alto Adige wines from different wine producers may be tasted.
Additional initiatives are planned for the autumn,” explains Thomas Augschöll of the Alto Adige Office of Wine Promotion of the Bolzano Chamber of Commerce.
www.suedtirol.info /SINFO/QUALITYPRODUCTS/WINE/FL_PRESSRELEASE_.HTML?Group=EntryPage/Pleasure/QualityProducts   (313 words)

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