Povo
Povo | |
|---|---|
 Center of Povo, University and FBK in foreground | |
| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol |
| Province | Trentino |
| Comune | Trento |
| Area | |
| • Total | 15.47 km2 (5.97 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 398 m (1,306 ft) |
| Population (31.12.2009)[1] | |
| • Total | 5,571 |
| • Density | 360/km2 (930/sq mi) |
| Demonym | poèri |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 38123 |
| Dialing code | 0461 |
| Patron saint | St. Paul and St. Andrew |
| Saint day | Trento: 26 June (Vigilius of Trent) |
Povo is a frazione of the comune of Trento, Trentino, Italy.
Geography
Povo is about three kilometers away from the city on the east side of the valley at the foot of mountains Chegul and Celva. Povo is crossed by rio Salè, a tributary of Fersina stream. Povo is divided into 9 fractions: Salè, Sprè, Pantè, Graffiano, Oltrecastello, Celva, Borino, Cimirlo mountain pass and Gabbiolo.
Since 1996 Povo is twinned with 
Znojmo, Czech Republic.
Scientific and Research Facilities
In Povo you can find the Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences of University of Trento. Povo is also home for the Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science (DISI) of University of Trento and Bruno Kessler Foundation. Overall in the neighbourhood one can find:
- Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences of University of Trento, in the following buildings:
- Old Faculty (Povo 0)
- Center for Science and Technology "IRST"
- Center for Science and Technology "Fabio Ferrari" (Povo 1)
- Third Center for Science and Technology [construction in progress]
- Third building rooms
- via alla Cascata Laboratories
- Faculty of Engineering of University of Trento, in Mesiano neighbourhood
- Bruno Kessler Foundation
- CoSBi, (Center for Computational and Systems Biology), a research center, founded in 2003, result of collaboration between Microsoft Research and University of Trento, in the fields of Computational biology and Systems biology
- CREATE-NET, an international research center
- GraphiTech Foundation - Centre for Advanced Computer Graphics Technologies.
External links
- Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences
- Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science (DISI)
- Bruno Kessler Foundation