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17 unusual facts about Rovereto


Angioletta Coradini

Angioletta Coradini (born 1 July 1946, Rovereto, Italy – died 5 September 2011, Rome, Italy) was an Italian astrophysicist, planetary scientist and one of the most important figures in the space sciences in Italy.

Anthony Senter and Joseph Testa

Anthony Michael Senter was born in Canarsie, Brooklyn, New York to immigrants Michael Senter (Northern Italian) and wife from Rovereto, Italy.

Antonella Ruggiero

In 2005, together with both the Chorus Sant'Ilario di Rovereto and the Chorus of Valle Dei Laghi di Padergnone she became the character of the “Echi d’infinito” project, a recovery of Alpine pop songs and also of her own songs accompanied only by human voice.

Belgrade Book Fair

So far, the Prize winners were the Austrian publisher Wieser Verlag from Klagenfurt (2007), French publisher Gaia Editions from Bordeaux (2008), Hungarian publisher Jelenkor from Pécs (2009), Italian publisher Zandonai from Rovereto (2010), Bulgarian publisher Siela from Sofia (2011) and Slovak publisher Kaligram from Bratislava (2012).

Ben Guild

He was shot down on 6 February 1945 on a mission to Rovereto Station to attack the a rail bridge in Crema, Italy.

Federico Halbherr

Federico Halbherr (Rovereto, then in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, 15 February 1857 – Rome, 17 July 1930) was an Italian archaeologist and epigrapher, known for his excavations of Crete.

Ivana Buden

:17th, European Outdoor Championships, individual, Rovereto

:9th, European Outdoor Championships, mixed team, Rovereto

:9th, European Outdoor Championships, women's team, Rovereto

Laura Longo

:8th, European Outdoor Championships, individual, Rovereto

Monte Baldo

Its ridge spans mainly northeast-southwest, and is bounded from south by the highland ending at Caprino Veronese, from west by Lake Garda, from north by the valley joining Rovereto to Nago-Torbole and, from east, the Val d'Adige.

Oleksandr Korchmid

His personal best jump is 5.81 metres, achieved in August 2005 in Rovereto.

Paolo Orsi

Paolo Orsi (Rovereto, 1859 – 1935) was an Italian archaeologist and classicist.

Pascale Lebecque

:6th, European Outdoor Championships, women's team, Rovereto

Raúl Chapado

His personal best was 16.83 metres, achieved in August 1997 in Rovereto.

Skoda 305 mm Model 1911

Today, four weapons survive; an M. 11 is in Rovereto, Italy (Museo Storico Italiano della Guerra), a second is displayed in Belgrade's Military Museum and a third is in Bucharest, Romania along with the only surviving M. 16.

Tina Paulino

From late 2002 Tina was based in Rovereto in Italy and competed for the Italian club US Quercia Marsili.


Ermonela Jaho

She has won many international competitions including the Giacomo Puccini competition in Milan, Italy 1997, Spontini International Competition in Ancona, Italy 1998, Zandonai in Rovereto, Italy 1999, and The Best Singer at the Wexford Festival, 2000.

Lagarina Valley

In the locality Lavini di Marco, near Rovereto, are several dinosaur footprints attributed to the genera Camptosaurus and Dilophosaurus.

University of Verona

From a location point of view, Verona University has two important poles: Veronetta, where the humanistic departments are to be found and Borgo Roma, the site of the Medicine and Science departments, besides the many other locations spread throughout the territory: Legnago (VR), Vicenza, Bolzano, Trento, Ala (TN) and Rovereto.