Ledro (in local dialect: ''Léder'') is an Italian ''
comune
A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...
'' (municipality) in
Trentino
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in northern Italy. It was created on January 1, 2010, by the union of the former ''comuni'' of
Pieve di Ledro,
Bezzecca,
Concei,
Molina di Ledro,
Tiarno di Sopra and
Tiarno di Sotto.
History
The municipality was created after a
referendum
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, called on November 30, 2008, in all the 6 ''comuni'' of the
Ledro Valley.
Geography
The municipality counts the civil parishes (''
frazioni'') of
Bezzecca, Biacesa,
Concei, Enguiso, Legos, Lenzumo, Locca, Mezzolago,
Molina di Ledro,
Pieve di Ledro (the municipal seat), Pré di Ledro,
Tiarno di Sopra,
Tiarno di Sotto.
Ledro borders with the municipalities of
Bleggio Superiore,
Bondone,
Cimego,
Condino,
Fiavè,
Limone sul Garda (
BS),
Magasa (BS),
Nago-Torbole,
Riva del Garda,
Pieve di Bono,
Storo,
Tenno,
Tione di Trento,
Tremosine (BS) and
Zuclo.
Main sights
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Lake Ledro, not too far from the
Lake Garda
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Giardino Botanico Preistorico di Molina di Ledro, a
botanical garden
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of
Bronze Age
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food plants
Personalities
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Andrea Maffei
Twin municipalities
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Müllheim,
Germany
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Buštěhrad
Buštěhrad () is a town in Kladno District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,000 inhabitants.
Etymology
The settlement was originally named Buščeves, which was derived from ''Buškova ves'' (i.e. "Bušek's vil ...
,
Czech Republic
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Doksy,
Czech Republic
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Chyňava,
Czech Republic
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Milín,
Czech Republic
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Nový Knín,
Czech Republic
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Příbram,
Czech Republic
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*
Ptice,
Czech Republic
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*
Všeň,
Czech Republic
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Pact of partnership on the city web of Nový Knín
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World Heritage Site
It is home to one or more prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements that are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO
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World Heritage Site
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.[UNESCO World Heritage Site - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps]
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References
External links
Ledro official municipal website
* Coat of arms of the new municipality
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