23 km (14 mi) along the Adige River with an early start of 7:30 made for a perfect day. And before I got into my rhythm, I noticed the town of Mezzacorona which was also one of the Pinot Grigios we did at our last wine tasting (can’t remember if they made it into the finals—we ore-tasted several dozen Pinot Grigios). That already gave me a warm, fuzzy connection to the area. Trent with more than 100,000 people is the capital of the autonomous province by the same name, but historically has played a huge role in the 1500’s, to wit the Catholic Church’s Council of Trent.
With Luther’s posting of his 95 theses in 1517, he launched the Reformation of the Catholic Church, and as we all know, really stirred up the pot. The eventual upshot was the convocation of the Council of Trent from 1545 to 1568. Trent, at the time, belonged to the Habsburg Empire, which then implied that a favorable anti-reformation result would be coming out of a German-speaking venue! Anyhow, lots went on here at that time. Visiting the Romanesque Cathedral against that historical backdrop made me appreciate it even more.
The pictures:
1. Inside the Cathedral where one of the three naves were undergoing renovation.
2. Dom Plaza with Cathedral in background
3. Where were these toities when I needed one just 5 minutes earlier??
4. I wasn’t alone on the Plaza.
5. This coming weekend is the 91st celebration since ending of WW I—the cities in the north rotate who hosts—this year in Trent and it’s 100 years since the war ended—BIG CELEBRATION!
