Rovereto
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| Comune di Rovereto | |
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 Municipal coat of arms |
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| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol |
| Province | Trento (TN) |
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| Elevation | 204 m |
| Area | 50 km² |
| Population | |
| - Total (as of 2004) | 35.136 |
| - Density | 664/km² |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
| Coordinates | |
| Gentilic | Roveretani |
| Dialing code | 0464 |
| Postal code | 38068 |
| Frazioni | Borgo Sacco, Lizzana, Lizzanella, Marco, Mori Stazione, Noriglio, S.Giorgio, S.Ilario |
| Patron | Saint Mary of the Snow |
| - Day | August 5 |
| Website: comune.rovereto.tn.it | |
Rovereto is a city in the autonomous province of Trento in Italy. In the past was an important centre for the manufacture of silk.
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[edit] Main sights
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- MART (Modern Art Museum), one of the biggest in Italy.
In the area of Lavini di Marco footprints of dinosaurs have been found. The species have been identified as the herbivorous Camptosaurus and carnivorous Dilophosaurus.
Marco, nearby Rovereto, hosts a large landslide which has been reported by Dante Alighieri in his Divina Commedia: "Qual è quella ruina che nel fianco di qua da Trento l'Adice percosse, o per tremoto o per sostegno manco" (Inferno, canto XII).
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Rovereto is the birthplace (1941, now the location of the manufacturing facilities) of Sferoflex eyeglasses, now taken over by Luxottica Group.
