Pera (known also as Pera di Fassa) is a ''

frazione A ''frazione'' (plural: ) is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' (municipality) in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidate territ ...

'' of 504 inhabitants in the municipality of

San Giovanni di Fassa San Giovanni di Fassa (in ladin: ''Sèn Jan'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. It was formed on 1 January 2018 after the merger of the former ''comuni'' of Pozza di Fassa and ...

in the

autonomous province of Trento 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 ...

, northern

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

. The hamlet is situated in the

val di Fassa The Fassa Valley (Ladin: ''Fascia'', it, Val di Fassa, german: Fassatal) is a valley in the Dolomites in Trentino, northern Italy. As an administrative valley community (Italian: ''Comunità di valle'', German: ''Talgemeinschaft'') of Trentino, it ...

History

Pera was an Italian comune founded in 1920 following the annexation of the Tridentine Venice to the

Kingdom of Italy The Kingdom of Italy ( it, Regno d'Italia) was a state that existed from 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Kingdom of Sardinia, Sardinia was proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy, proclaimed King of Italy, until 1946, when civil discontent led to ...

.Nome della regione Trentino-Alto Adige fino al

1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in ...

. In 1926 it was aggregated to the municipality of

Pozza di Fassa Pozza di Fassa (Ladin: ''Poza (de Fascia)'', german: Potzach im Fasstal) is a ''frazione'' of Sèn Jan di Fassa in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about northeast of Trento. As of 31 December 2004, i ...

, that in 2018 merged with

Vigo di Fassa Vigo di Fassa ( lld, Vich de Fascia, german: Wiegen im Fasstal or ''Vig im Fasstal'') is a ''frazione'' of Sèn Jan di Fassa in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about northeast of Trento. In the ...

in the new municipality of

, following a referendum on 20 November 2017, which gave positive results.

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* {{coord missing, Italy Former municipalities of Trentino