Capriana (''Caoriana'' in local dialect) is a ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...
'' (municipality) in
Trentino
Trentino ( lld, Trentin), officially the Autonomous Province of Trento, is an autonomous province of Italy, in the country's far north. The Trentino and South Tyrol constitute the region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, an autonomous region ...
in the northern
Italian
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region
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
it, Trentino (man) it, Trentina (woman) or it, Altoatesino (man) it, Altoatesina (woman) or it, Sudtirolesegerman: Südtiroler (man)german: Südtirolerin (woman)
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, located about northeast of
Trento
Trento ( or ; Ladin and lmo, Trent; german: Trient ; cim, Tria; , ), also anglicized as Trent, is a city on the Adige River in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol in Italy. It is the capital of the autonomous province of Trento. In the 16th centu ...
.
Capriana borders the following municipalities:
Montan
Montan (; it, Montagna ) is a municipality with 1,701 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2018) in the South of South Tyrol in northern Italy, about south of Bolzano. The name Montan comes from the Latin ''mons'' ("mountain").
Geography
The munic ...
,
Truden,
Altrei
Altrei (; it, Anterivo ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy.
Geography
Altrei is the only South Tyrolean municipality in the Fiemme Valley of the Southern Limestone Alps, located about south of Bolzano half-way to ...
,
Salorno
Salorno sulla Strada del Vino (; german: Salurn ) is the southernmost ''comune'' (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about southwest of the city of Bolzano. It is one of only five mainly Italian-speaking municipalities in S ...
,
Valfloriana
Valfloriana is a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about northeast of Trento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 538 and an area of .All demographics and other ...
,
Altavalle, and
Sover
Sover (''Soér'' in local dialect) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about northeast of Trento.
Geography
As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 921 and an ar ...
.
Capriana is the birthplace of the mystic and
Servant of God
"Servant of God" is a title used in the Catholic Church to indicate that an individual is on the first step toward possible canonization as a saint.
Terminology
The expression "servant of God" appears nine times in the Bible, the first five in th ...
Maria Domenica Lazzeri.
[Guido Sommavilla ''Maria Domenica Lazzeri'' San Paolo Press 1996 ]
References
Cities and towns in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
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