Venue

Rovereto (Italy), Palazzo Fedrigotti - University of Trento. 3th - 5 th, November 2009

General Information

Rovereto, just a few kilometres from Lake Garda and about 24 km south of Trento, is a famous town in Vallagarina which lies at the foot of the Castel Veneto, which is the seat of the War History Museum. It is renowned for its enormous Campana della Pace (Bell of Peace) and MART (Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art), planned by the architect Mario Botta, with temporary and permanent exhibitions
In the historical town centre, you can still see the very evident "Serenissima" imprint of the Venetians. Leading northwards from Piazza Rosmini, heart of the modern part of Rovereto, is Corso Bettini, a street where you will find the most beautiful eighteenth century buildings of the town.
Further information about the town can be found in the Azienda di promozione turistica web site .

How to reach Rovereto

By plane
The closest airports to Rovereto are: Verona Catullo Airport (about 70 km), Gabriele D'Annunzio airport in Brescia (about 110 km),Venice Marco Polo (about 175 km), Orio al Serio airport in Bergamo (about 190 km), Milan Malpensa (about 225 km), Bologna (about 250 Km), and Bolzano (about 80 km).
Please check on the airport websites for information about timetables and connections.
All the airports are connected to Rovereto by a network of motorways.

By car:
The city of Rovereto can easily be reached:
• along the A22 Brenner motorway from the north and the south; exit Rovereto Nord or Rovereto Sud, (distance 2 km).
• along the Brennero state road SS12
• along the SS46 del Pasubio
• along the provincial road SP90 destra Adige road
• along the provincial road SP 44 Isera

By train
You can find the timetable and connections of the Brenner line, connecting Rome to Innsbruck in the Italian Railway web site.

By bus
Rovereto has an efficient city transport system of orange buses run by Trentino Trasporti.
Transportation to towns and villages around the province is provided by the same company and is normally run on blue buses. A free timetable (“Guida ai trasporti del Trentino”) is available at the bus station in Corso Rosmini, giving you detailed information on all the services, bus tickets, routes and timetables.

foto di Giampiero Monittola