Explore Trento

Santa Maria Maggiore is a Renaissance church in Trento, begun in 1520 for Prince-Bishop Bernardo Clesio by the architect Antonio Medaglia. Meetings of the last phase of the Council of Trent were held here in 1562–1563. Its facade is of pale red and white stone, and its 53-metre bell tower is the tallest in the city.

Trento Cathedral, dedicated to Saint Vigilius, is the Romanesque-Gothic cathedral on Piazza Duomo in Trento. Rebuilt from the early 13th century over a 4th-century basilica whose remains lie beneath the floor, it hosted sessions of the Council of Trent in the 16th century. Inside are medieval frescoes and the Baroque Chapel of the Crucifix.

The Aula del Simonino is a former chapel in Trento's old town, on the site of the house where two-year-old Simon of Trent was born; his death in 1475 was used to bring a false ritual-murder charge against the city's Jews. Given to FAI in 2018 and restored, it now presents a 20-minute audio narrative about that case of antisemitism.

Buonconsiglio Castle in Trento was the seat of the prince-bishops of Trento from the 13th to the late 18th century. It joins the medieval Castelvecchio, the Renaissance Magno Palazzo built for Bernardo Clesio and the Torre Aquila, whose 15th-century frescoes show the Cycle of the Months. It now houses a museum of art and history.