Sanzeno

Sanzeno
Country	Italy
region	Trentino-South Tyrol
province	Trento  (TN)
Coordinates	46 ° 22 '  N , 11 ° 4'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 21 '57 "  N , 11 ° 4' 28"  E
height	641  m slm
surface	8 km²
Residents	912 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	114 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	38010
prefix	0463
ISTAT number	022169
Website	www.comune.sanzeno.tn.it

Sanzeno ( German no longer gebräulich Sanzinnen even Sankt senses ) is an Italian municipality with 912 inhabitants (December 31, 2019) in the province of Trento (region Trentino-Alto Adige ). It is part of the valley community Comunità della Val di Non .

geography

The community is located about 32 km north-north-west of Trento on the orographic left side of the Non Valley above the Santa Giustina reservoir .

Sanzero from above

history

Archaeological finds prove that the place was already inhabited at the time of the Rhaetians . The Fritzens-Sanzeno culture takes its name from him. In 2003 the Rhaetian Museum was opened in Sanzeno, dealing with Rhaetian culture.

In the year 397 AD the Christian martyrs Sisinius, Martyrius and Alexander from Cappadocia were killed in this area . The parish church is named after Sisinius . The place itself takes its name from the saint, as the dialect San Sesen (Saint Sisinius) became Sanzeno.

traffic

Strada statale 43 dir della Val di Non leads through Sanzeno . The access road to the pilgrimage site of San Romedio also turns in the center .

Web links

Commons : Sanzeno  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ http://www.steiner-verlag.de/uploads/tx_crondavtitel/datei-daten/9783515099448_p.pdf
3. ^ Museo Retico. Centro per l'archeologia e la storia della Val di Non. In: archeotrentino.it. January 22, 2016, accessed April 15, 2019 (Italian).