Mezzocorona
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Mezzocorona until 1902 Mezzotedesco is a comune (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 15 km north of the city of Trento
Trento
Trento is an Italian city located in the Adige River valley in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. It is the capital of Trentino...

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Mezzocorona borders the following municipalities: Mezzolombardo
Mezzolombardo
Mezzolombardo is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 15 km north of the city of Trento...

, Ton, Roverè della Luna
Roverè della Luna
Roverè della Luna is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 20 km north of Trento....

, San Michele all'Adige
San Michele all'Adige
San Michele all'Adige is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 15 km north of Trento.-Geography:...

 and Nave San Rocco
Nave San Rocco
Nave San Rocco is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 11 km north of Trento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,279 and an area of 4.9 km²....

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The name was derived from mezzo (means middle or in between) and corona (means crown, related to nearby castle), Mezzolombardo (mezzo-lombardo) was part of the area but split into two in 1194. Another explaination was mezzo came from local dialect, which mez means wet. In the old name Mezzotedesco, tedesco means German, while lombardo refer to Lombardy
Lombardy
Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...

; in German Deutschmetz means German metz while Mezzolombardo's German name Welschmetz means Celtic metz.

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