The Primiero (''Primier'' in local dialect) is a valley located in the eastern part of

Trentino Trentino (), officially the Autonomous Province of Trento (; ; ), is an Autonomous province#Italy, autonomous province of Italy in the Northern Italy, country's far north. Trentino and South Tyrol constitute the Regions of Italy, region of Tren ...

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. It consists of eight municipalities ('):

Canal San Bovo Canal San Bovo (''Canal'' in local dialect) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian Region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about north-east of Trento. Canal San Bovo is a typical alpine village; from 1401 to 1918 ...

Fiera di Primiero Fiera di Primiero (''La Fiera'' in local dialect) was a ''Communes of Trentino, comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italy, Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about east of Trento. It was merged with Siror, Tonad ...

, Imèr,

Mezzano Mezzano (''Međàn'' in local dialect) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about east of Trento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,644 and an area of .A ...

, Sagron Mis, Siròr,

Tonadico Tonadico (''Tonadìch'' in local dialect) was a ''Communes of Trentino, comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italy, Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about east of Trento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a popula ...

and Transacqua. In Primiero a particular Venetian dialect is spoken.

History

During the Roman period the Primiero was part of

, belonging to the region

Venetia et Histria Venetia et Histria (Latin: ''Regio X Venetia et Histria'') was an administrative subdivision in the northeast of Roman Italy. It was originally created by Augustus as the tenth ''regio'' in 7 AD alongside the nine other ''regiones''. The region h ...

. It was subsequently incorporated into the Italian kingdoms established by

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and the

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, before being reconquered by

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and passing to the East Roman

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. From 569 to 774 it formed part of the

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under the

Longobards The Lombards () or Longobards () were a Germanic people who conquered most of the Italian Peninsula between 568 and 774. The medieval Lombard historian Paul the Deacon wrote in the '' History of the Lombards'' (written between 787 and 796) t ...

. In 774 the Kingdom of Italy was conquered by the

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. The Primiero then became part of the territories ruled by the Carolingian Kings of Italy, followed by a series of independent and contesting Italic kings. From 961 the Kingdom of Italy was incorporated into the Holy Roman Empire. For a long time the history of Primiero was united with that of

Feltre Feltre (; ) is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Belluno in Veneto, northern Italy. A hill town in the southern reaches of the province, it is located on the Stizzon River, about from its junction with the Piave, and southwest from Bell ...

, as the valley was a fief or feudal dependency of the

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of that Venetian city. From 1379 until 1918, the Primiero was part of the

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which, other than a brief period when it was ceded to the

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(1807–1809) and

(1809-1814) during the Napoleonic wars, was ruled by the

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s (and later their successors the

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s). As such it successively formed part of the

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, the

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(from 1804) and, following the

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, part of the

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n (Austrian-ruled) territories of

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. It was the capital of the district of the same name, one of the 21 ' in Tyrol.Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm KLEIN, 1967 It was ceded to Italy along with the rest of

Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol ( ; ; ), often known in English as Trentino-South Tyrol or by its shorter Italian name Trentino-Alto Adige, is an Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region of Italy, located in the ...

in the

Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1919) The Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye () was signed on 10 September 1919 by the victorious Allies of World War I on the one hand and by the Republic of German-Austria on the other. Like the Treaty of Trianon with Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946 ...

following Austria-Hungary's defeat in World War I.

References

External links

Comprensorio di Primiero – Provincia Autonoma di Trento
(Retrieved on June 23, 2008) Valleys of Trentino {{TrentinoAltoAdige-geo-stub

History

See also

References

External links