Predazzo is a comune (municipality) of c. 4,400 inhabitants in Trentino in the northern Italian

Italy

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 region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 45 km northeast 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...

 in the Val di Fiemme

Val di Fiemme

thumb|300px|Location of the Fiemme Valley in [[Trentino]].thumb|300px|The [[Lagorai]] seen from [[Passo Lusia]].Fiemme Valley is a valley in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region in northern Italy located in the Dolomites mountain region....

, at the confluence of the Travignolo stream with that Avisio River.

The municipality of Predazzo contains the frazioni

Frazione

A frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...

(subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Bellamonte, Mezzavalle and Paneveggio.

Predazzo borders the following municipalities: Welschnofen, Deutschnofen

Deutschnofen

Deutschnofen is a comune in the province of South Tyrol in the Italian region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 70 km northeast of the city of Trento and about 30 km southeast of the city of Bolzano, on the border with Austria.-Geography:As of 30 November 2010, it had a...

, Moena

Moena

Moena is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 60 km northeast of Trento...

, Tesero

Tesero

Tesero is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located in the Val di Fiemme about 40 km northeast of Trento...

, Panchià

Panchià

Panchià is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 40 km northeast of Trento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 718 and an area of 20.2 km²....

, Ziano di Fiemme

Ziano di Fiemme

Ziano di Fiemme is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 40 km northeast of Trento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,613 and an area of 35.8 km²....

, Siror

Siror

Siror is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 60 km east of Trento...

, Canal San Bovo

Canal San Bovo

Canal San Bovo is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian Region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 90 km north-east of Trento. Canal San Bovo is a typical alpine village; from 1401 to 1918 it was a possession of the Austro-Hungarian Empire....

 and Tonadico

Tonadico

Tonadico is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 60 km east of Trento...

. On the road from the town to Rolle Pass, is the Forte Dossaccia, and Austrian fortification of World War I.

The ski jumping

Ski jumping

Ski jumping is a sport in which skiers go down a take-off ramp, jump and attempt to land as far as possible down the hill below. In addition to the length of the jump, judges give points for style. The skis used for ski jumping are wide and long...

 and the ski jumping part of nordic combined

Nordic combined

The Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in both cross-country skiing and ski jumping.- History :While Norwegian soldiers are known to have been competing in Nordic skiing since the 19th century, the first major competition in Nordic combined was held in 1892 in Oslo at the...

 was held here at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1991 and FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2003.

Twin towns

Hallbergmoos

Hallbergmoos

Hallbergmoos is a municipality in the district of Freising in Bavaria in Germany.-Economy:Augsburg Airways, a regional airline, is headquartered in Hallbergmoos...

, Germany

Germany

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, since 1994 Ferrere

Ferrere

Ferrere is a comune in the Province of Asti in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 30 km southeast of Turin and about 15 km west of Asti. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,542 and an area of 13.9 km²....

, Italy

Italy

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, since 2005 (friendship)

Important people linked to Predazzo

• Giovanni Battista Stucchi, alpine and partisan
• Marco Guadagnini, also known as "Il Melé" sort of monumental moron

External links

Homepage of the city