Things to see in Rovereto

Rovereto is the second-largest city in Trentino, with almost 40,000 inhabitants in 2018, a robust economy, picturesque location between tall Alpine mountain ranges and heritage paying testament to its role as the fortress guarding the border between Veneto and Trentino.

MART (Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto). A fascinating Contemporary and Modern Art Museum designed by Swiss architect Mario Botta, hosting a permanent collection of 15,000 Avant-gardist works of arts, including canvases of Giorgio de Chirico, Carlo Carrà and Futurist painter native of Rovereto, Fortunato Depero. Ruina Dantesca. An accumulation of rocks, known for being mentioned in Dante's Inferno, Canto XII. In Longfellow's translation, "Such as that ruin is which in the flank // Smote, on this side of Trent, the Adige, // Either by earthquake or by failing stay, // For from the mountain's top, from which it moved, // Unto the plain the cliff is shattered so, // Some path 'twould give to him who was above." Castello di Rovereto (Castel Veneto). Built in the 1400s and then subsequently expanded, rebuilt and fortified, the castle has been actively guarding the passage between Veneto and Trentino, playing an active role in warfare all the way through the First World War, changing hands back and forth from Venetian, and later Italian, to Austrian.