Cavedine

Cavedine is located in the center of Cavedine Valley, a small valley that runs parallel to the valley of lakes, of which it is part. The municipality is composed of five villages, but is the capital to be known for its squares and blocks of architectural value, so that in the Middle Ages the bishop’s palace, the castle of Madruzzo, the monastery of San Lorenzo in Trento and various noble boasted property on site.cavedine

TERRITORY OF CAVEDINE

Province: Trento
Fractions: Brusino, Cavedine, Lago di Cavedine, Stravino, Vigo Cavedine
Neighboring municipalities: Cimone, Drena, Drò, Lasino, Trento, Villa Lagarina
Altitude: 504 m s.l.m. – Population: 2.893 – Inhabitants name: cavedinesi
The town of Cavedine is leaving the road from the lake leads to Sarche up to Dro, Drena and through When you join the small Cavedine Valley or Val del Vent, which in turn is part of the Valley of the lakes; is surrounded by Monte Bondone, Monte Casale, Monte-Paganella Gaza and the Brenta. These towns are the area higher than the valley floor, occupied mainly by cultivated fields and the road that runs through the valley.

HISTORY OF CAVEDINE

The territory has been inhabited since the age of bronze and copper, see the burial cave of “La Cosina” and then significant remains were left by the Romans, see the fountain and the Roman road and location Fabiano and Fabianon. The municipality of Cavedine originates from the union of the towns of Laguna and Muste, the first in the valley, built on wetlands and river, and the other on the slopes of Mount Gac, where there are several stately buildings and valuable. Since the Middle Ages it was used the system of “rules” through meetings for decisions about the administration ‘s land to cultivate, forests, springs and mountain pastures. Agricultural development in the area of Cavedine had a screeching halt with the period of migration to America, which tried to stop the introduction of cooperatives and consortia.

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