Trentino-Alto Adige

The region covered by modern-day Trentino-Alto Adige has been inhabited since the Bronze Age; the area was later occupied by the Celts and the Etruscans, before it became part of the Roman Empire in the 1st century bc. The territory of Trentino-Alto Adige formed part of the Austrian Tirol until the end of World War I, when it was ceded to Italy. From 1919 to 1947 the area was known as Venezia Tridentina. In 1948 Trentino-Alto Adige was established as an autonomous region. In 1970, after local elections which were regarded as realistically representative, a relative peace was established between the German- and Italian-speaking populations of Bolzano and Trento.