It is the historical, artistic, cultural, economic, social and administrative capital of the Isarco Valley area. According to the tradition Bressanone was founded in 901, three centuries before the establishment of the County of Tyrol. From 1004 and over the centuries it was under ecclesiastical domination of the prince bishop of Bressanone, of whom it was the main residence. It is the seat - together with the capital of the province Bolzano - of the diocese of Bolzano-Bressanone, established in 1964 by detaching the city of Bolzano and the territory south of the latter from the archdiocese of Trento and aggregating it to the diocese of Bressanone, while the territories of the diocese of Bressanone now located in Austria (Inn Valley) have been detached from the diocese of Bressanone and added to that of Innsbruck.
The patron saints of the city are Cassiano di Imola - celebrated on 8 May - and the bishops Albuino and Ingenuino - patrons against drought and celebrated on 5 February. Their relics are kept in the cathedral of Bressanone. It is crossed by the Brenner motorway, with a toll booth 5 km further north (Bressanone-Val Pusteria / Brixen-Pustertal) and one 8 km further south (Chiusa-Val Gardena / Klausen-Gröden). From 3 January 2007, the Bressanone-Zona Industriale toll booth was also opened, conceived only in an inbound north direction and in an outgoing south direction but much closer to the town and especially to its industrial area. It is also planned to open in the opposite direction.
Along the east coast of Bressanone, in the hamlet of Millan, there is the Karlspromenade: a historic promenade built in 1903 in memory of Emperor Charles I of Austria, who spent some moments of his life at the Cura Guggenberg, loving to stroll along this in ancient times it started right from there and led up to the old church of Millan, Maria am Sand and then to the Karlsburg residence.
Bressanone
Address: Via Portici Maggiori, 5, 39042
Phone: 0472 062000
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