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Ala, Italy

cover photo by Gabriele Cavagna

Location added by Anarres

The information about this location have been automatically translated with Microsoft Translator.

Rank : 9.0 (average on 2 votes)

Coordinates : 45.76253432528743, 11.004875867565634 (Open in Google Maps)

Subjects : Medieval village with several very beautiful and intact views, known for the stays of the young Mozart and the production of prestigious velvets. Palazzo Pizzini where the Museum of the Ancient Piano is located, founded in 1996 by the Bulgarian-born pianist Temenuschka Vesselinova who transferred his exceptional collection of ancient instruments. There are also praiseworthy palaces built or baroque along the winding cobbled streets and the scenic squares that have preserved the medieval-Renaissance structure; such as Palazzo Angelini with its majestic portal, Palazzo Taddei with the splendid loggia overlooking the courtyard and still the Gresta, Zanderighi, Angelini, Malfatti Palaces.Palazzo Zanderighi (Fresco of the Borromeo Room that recalls the stay in Ala of San Carlo Borromeo, around 1565) houses the important Municipal Library which today has 80 thousand volumes, of which about 21 thousand rare and valuable. As churches: Parish church of Santa Maria Assunta, of ancient origins, with a bell tower by Domenico Bianchi of 1670, the church of San Giovanni, whose origins date back to 1342 but which was rebuilt in the eighteenth century and the ancient church of San Pietro in Bosco, with a high bell tower with a cusp in Veronese terracotta and Romanesque mullioned windows.

Recommended equipment : Standard equipment: wide angles for the landscape, natural and anthropized, normal (50mm) for street and canvases not pushed for the beautiful baroque and Renaissance details. It is recommended to have at least one luminous lens during the summer concerts of the renowned International Piano Festival. Useful tripod.

Best months : All seasons but in spring and summer there are many artistic and cultural events. Village however very lively.

How to get there : To get there it is very easy a bit from all parts of Italy and Europe (Austria and Germany), there are expressways, part of highways and ordinary state roads of excellent / good and discreet viability. It is surrounded by vineyards and a network of paths and itineraries that can also be traveled on foot and by bicycle, it is located in the lower Vallagarina of very ancient origins, near Trento.

Visits : it is a locality (municipality) and as such freely visitable, entrance fees for payments with special times in some museums that you can know on the website of the Municipality.

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Sunrise: 05:58, Sunset: 20:45

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