Cles (german: Glöß;
Nones: ''Clés'' or ''Cliès'') is a town and ''
comune
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'' in
Trentino
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, in the
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
it, Trentino (man) it, Trentina (woman) or it, Altoatesino (man) it, Altoatesina (woman) or it, Sudtirolesegerman: Südtiroler (man)german: Südtirolerin (woman)
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region of northern
Italy
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. It is the main town of
Val di Non.
It is the main town of and is located in
Val di Non. Monte di Cles and
Monte Peller
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* Argentine Monte, an ecoregion
* Monte Desert
* Monte Partido, a ''partido'' in Buenos Aires Province
Italy
* Monte Bregagno
* Monte Cassino
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* Montefalcione
Portugal
* Monte ...
(
above sea level
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The ...
) are located to the west of the residential area, while
Lake Santa Giustina is on the east.
History
Prior to
World War I
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, Cles was part of the
Austrian Empire
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. After the war, the region was ceded to Italy with the dissolution of the
Austro–Hungarian Monarchy.
Lake Santa Giustina
Lake Santa Giustina is an
artificial lake which was created by the dike on the creek Noce. The dam was completed in 1950, is 152 metres high and it was the highest dam in
Europe
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at the time. The lake can contain up to about 180 million cubic metres water, which feeds the
turbines of the hydroelectric plant in
Taio.
The lake is named after the location where the dam is placed, which in turn is named after an ancient
hermitage of which only ruins are left, covered by a natural hollow of the rock.
Tabula clesiana
The ''
Tabula clesiana'' is a bronze plate measuring that was discovered in 1869 at Campi Neri near Cles. It contains the edict of
Caesar Claudius of 46 AD, which granted Roman citizenship to the Alpine peoples of the Anauni, Sinduni and Tulliasses. It is kept at the Castello del Buonconsiglio Museum in
Trento
Trento ( or ; Ladin and lmo, Trent; german: Trient ; cim, Tria; , ), also anglicized as Trent, is a city on the Adige River in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol in Italy. It is the capital of the autonomous province of Trento. In the 16th cen ...
.
The Tabula is an important evidence of the rapid assimilation by the Roman world of the Alpine peoples of farmers-hunters; but also from the point of view of the
Roman law
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the first evidence of the introduction of ''delatores'' in the fiscal controversy.
A translation of the Tabula
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Notable people
* Pietro Antonio Lorenzoni, (1721 – 1782) painter
* Bernardo Clesio, (1484 – 1539)
* Vladimir Barbu, competitive diver (b. 1998)
* Letizia Paternoster, road and track cyclist (b. 1999)
* Andrea Pinamonti, footballer (b. 1999)
* Luca de Aliprandini, alpine skier (b. 1990)
Gallery
File:Cles - chiesa - 01.JPG, Santa Maria Assunta Parish church
File:Chiesa di San Rocco a Cles (TN).jpg, Saint Roch Church
File:Cles - castello - 01.JPG, Cles Castle
References
External links
Official website
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