Bolzano Car Hire
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Guide to Bolzano car hire in Italy
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The Bolzanos inhabitants belong to three linguistic groups (70 % Italians, 26 % Germans and a small percentage of Ladins) and it has a marked Tyrolean atmosphere.
In prehistoric times, the Bolzano dip was uninhabitable since it was a swamp area, often flooded by the three rivers (Adige/Etsch, Isarco/Eisack and Talvera/Talfer). Therefore the first human settlements were established at the foot of the mountains and on the surrounding heights.
The city was constructed during the 12th and 13th century: the city walls and a drainage ditch were built and it obtained municipal rights. In 1277 it passed under the rule of the Counts of Tyrol and in 1366 to the Habsburgs, thereby increasing its commercial inclination and expanding into the zone of todays town centre.
The medieval urban structure remained almost intact until the middle of the 18th century, when the town architect Sebastian Altman from Munich was entrusted with the drawing up of a project for the construction of a district of the new city. The fascist period saw the development of the industrial area but mainly caused great damage to the environment and the landscape.
The historical centre is rich in monuments: Piazza Walther/Waltherplatz is considered the elegant heart of the city.Built by King Maximilian of Bavaria in 1808, the square initially carried his name, then that of Archduke John of Austria (Johannesplatz) and received in 1901 that of Walther von der Vogelweide, the most prominent medieval German poet (1170 -1230).
The mighty Gothic structure of the Duomo/Dom, dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption faces the square from its south-west side. Construction was started in 1295, in Romanesque style, by Lombard workmen, continued in 1340 in Gothic style by Swabian labour and was finished during the first decades of the 15th century.
Just outside Bolzano you can find S.Genesio/Jenesien that is considered, in a way, Bolzanos smaller sister: situated in the mountains, 800 metres higher than Bolzano, it is surrounded by fertile meadows and protected by lush woods. There is a double connection to the main city: a comfortable cableway and a panoramic road.
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