Townu.-1,inabruck, the capital, forms the subject of a separate article. (INNSBRUCK.) Trent is situated on the navigable river Adige, in a beautiful and fertile valley, which is surrounded with high moun tains. The houses are very high, with flat roofs; the streets tolerably wide, and well paved with broad flag pavement for pedestrians. There are many handsome buildings in the city, and some churches worthy of notice. Among the former are the theatre, the episcopal palace, and the palace of Tertaga Tabarelli, built of red marble by Brainente d'Urbino. Of the thirteen churches the most remarkable are the cathedral, a large edifice in the old Creek style, entirely of marble, the building of which was begun in the 10th century and finished in the 16th ; Santa Maria Maggiore, built entirely of red marble, with an extremely lofty chapel, which is much admired, and is memorable as having been the place in which the Council of Trent held its sittings from 1545 to 1582; the church of the seminary (formerly belonging to the Jet-cite), adorned with a profusion of costly marble ; the church Dell' Annunziata, the lofty cupola of which is supported by immense pillars of red marble, each consisting of a single block. Some of the churches and palaces have fine paintings. Trent is the residence of a bishop and chapter. The city has 13,000 inhabitants, whose occupa tions are the silk manufacture and the cultivation of the vine. There are in the city extensive sugar-refineries, a large tobacco-manufactory, and many distilleries of brandy and spirits of wine. Among the public institutions are a gymnasium, a lyceum, a Franciscan and a Capuchin convent, and various hospitals. Borfp, which is situated 16 miles E. from Trent on the Brenta, on the great road from Trent to Venice, has • population of 2500. Bogen, about 30 miles N. from Trent on the Adige, is a well-built town with about 10,000 inhabitants, a gymnasium, and manufactures of linen, silk, hosiery, and leather. A strong dyke, two miles in length, protects the town from the floods of the Adige. Near the town is the castle of Tyrol, which gives name to the crowuland.
Rove-redo in situated in the middle of the pleasant Ltaari1111 valley, which is planted with vines and mulberry-trees, on the river Leno, which flows through the town, and at a short distance from the left bank of the Adige, over which there is a stone bridge. The town, though not large, has man/ handsome houses, mostly built of marble. The new street, Corso Nuevo, in particular, is adorned with fine edifices : the theatre stands at the beginning of this street. The castle, which is surrounded with high walla, is worthy of notice. The town is the seat of several courts of justice, and has a gymnasium, three monasteries, a convent with a school for girls, a public library, and some charitable inetitutions The inhabitants, about 8000 In number, manufacture silk, leather, and tobacco, and have a considerable trade in silk amid twist &Meat:, in the Lower Innthel, on the right bank of the Inn, about 13 miles below Innsbruck, is a well-built town, with two churches, some cotton manufactures, and about 4000 inhabitants, who are chiefly engaged in mining.' Brizen, • fortified town in the l'ustertbal, about 40 miles S.E. from Innsbruck, on the road that traverses the Brenner Pees, has about 1000 inhabitants, a cathedral, a bishop's palace, and some iron- and itcel-works.
The Vorarlberg comprises the north-western part of the crowuland. It is drained by the Rhine, the Ill, and the Lech, a feeder of the Dannbe. The chief town, Breget2, a well-built place of 3000 inhabit ants, on the eastern shore of the Lake of Coustauz, near the mouth if the Aach, is a place of considerable trade; wooden houses, straw plat, timber, and vine-poles are exported. Steamboats on the Lake of Constanz touch at Bregenz. The other towns are—Blue/en; S. of Bregenz, on the Ill, with a castle and 2000 inhabitants ; and Feldkirch, farther down the Ill, which has a gymnasium and a population of about 2000. The Vorarlberg takes its name from its position in front of the Arlberg, looking from Switzerland.