Avio is a ''

comune A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...

'' in

Trentino Trentino (), officially the Autonomous Province of Trento (; ; ), is an Autonomous province#Italy, autonomous province of Italy in the Northern Italy, country's far north. Trentino and South Tyrol constitute the Regions of Italy, region of Tren ...

in north

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

. It is about from Trento, in the

Vallagarina Lagarina Valley (, ) is a valley in northern Italy, used to define the lower mountain course of the Adige River. It is mostly included in the province of Trentino, with the lower section being part of the province of Verona. The largest town is ...

, and is crossed by the

Adige The Adige is the second-longest river in Italy, after the Po. It rises near the Reschen Pass in the Vinschgau in the province of South Tyrol, near the Italian border with Austria and Switzerland, and flows through most of northeastern Italy ...

river. Avio occupies a flat plain, bounded by the

Monte Baldo Monte Baldo () is a mountain range in the Italian Alps, located in the provinces of Trento and Verona. Its ridge is orientated in a northeast-southwest direction and it is bounded to the south by the highland ending at Caprino Veronese, to the ...

from east and by the '' Monti Lessini'' from west.

Main sights

Castle of Avio The Castle of Avio (also known as the ''Castle of Sabbionara'', Italian language, Italian: ''Castello di Avio'', old German language, German: ''Schloß Aue'') is a medieval castle in the ''comune'' Avio, Trentino, Avio, Trentino, northern Italy. ...

*''

Pieve In Italy in the Middle Ages, a ''pieve'' (, ; ; : ''pievi'') was a rural church with a baptistery, upon which other churches without baptisteries depended. ''Pieve'' is also an Italian and Corsican term signifying the medieval ecclesiastical/a ...

'' of Avio *Parish church of ''Santa Maria Assunta'', housing a 17th-century stucco decoration by Giovanni Angelo Sala and the ''Via Crucis'' by Ignazio Paluselli.

Economy

The area of Avio is especially renowned for the production of wine, such as the autochthonous Enantio.

References

External links

Homepage of the city
Cities and towns in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol {{TrentinoAltoAdige-geo-stub