Molveno is a ''

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces ('' province''). The can ...

'' (municipality) in

Trentino Trentino ( lld, Trentin), officially the Autonomous Province of Trento, is an autonomous province of Italy, in the country's far north. The Trentino and South Tyrol constitute the region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, an autonomous regio ...

in the northern

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region of

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, located about northwest of

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 ...

. It is famous for its positioning on Lake Molveno as a holiday destination, its nearby ski resorts (Andalo-Paganella) and its connection to the National Park Adamello Brenta.

Geography

Molveno is located at the northern end of a long lake ('' Lago di Molveno''), at the foot of the Brenta Group and the

Paganella Paganella is a mountain of the Brenta Group in Trentino, northern Italy. It is located in the territories of the ''comuni'' of Fai della Paganella, Andalo, Molveno, Zambana and Terlago. Overlooking Trento from north-west, it consists of a s ...

mountain. The Lake of Molveno, formed by a landslide about 4000 years ago, is the second largest in Trentino-Alto Adige, . It has a maximum depth of . It's famous for its diverse fish species, including trout, arctic char and perch. Molveno borders the following municipalities:

Andalo Andalo (''Àndel'' in local dialect) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in north Italy, with some 1,200 inhabitants in 2021. It is the seat of the Comunità di Valle dell'Altopiano della Paganella. Geography The town lies on the Pag ...

, Cavedago, Ragoli, San Lorenzo in Banale, Spormaggiore,

Terlago Terlago (german: Terlach) was a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about northwest of Trento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,571 and an area of .All demogr ...

Tuenno Tuenno ( Ladin: ''Tuèn'', german: Thunn) was a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about north of Trento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,291 and an area o ...

and Vezzano.

History

The area of Molveno is known to have been settled since the

Neolithic The Neolithic period, or New Stone Age, is an Old World archaeological period and the final division of the Stone Age. It saw the Neolithic Revolution, a wide-ranging set of developments that appear to have arisen independently in several part ...

age. Due to its strategic position at the entrance of the Brenta-Paganella plateau, it was contended between the Bishops of Trento, the counts of Tyrol and the counts of

Flavon Flavon is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' (municipality) of Contà in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about north of Trento Trento ( or ; Ladin and lmo, Trent; german: Trient ; cim, Tria; ...

. From 1802 to 1805 the

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had a series of fortification built on the lake to halt the French troops.

References

External links

Molveno official websiteMolveno touristic website
it is also home to Molveno F.C Cities and towns in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol {{TrentinoAltoAdige-geo-stub