Department of Alto Adige facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Department of Alto Adige
Dipartimento dell'Alto Adige
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| Department of Kingdom of Italy | |
| 1810–1814 | |
 French map of Napoleonic Italy. The Department of Alto Adige (Haut-Adige) is located in the north. |
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| Capital | Trento |
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• Established
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1810 |
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• Disestablished
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1814 |
The Department of Alto Adige was a special area created by Napoleon in his Kingdom of Italy. It was like a province or state. Its name came from the Adige river, which runs through the area. The main city, or capital, of this department was Trento.
The land of this department was not exactly the same as the modern Italian province of Alto Adige. Some parts, like the city of Bolzano, are the same. But most of the old department is now part of the province of Trento. These two provinces together form the region called Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol.
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A Look at Alto Adige's Past
The name "Alto Adige" was first used in the late 1700s. This happened when Napoleon Bonaparte took control of northern Italy near the Alps. He created a French administrative division called the "Department of Alto Adige."
This department was officially named Haut Adige in French. Napoleon wanted to remove any connection to the old "County of Tyrol" of Austria. Before this, a "District of Alto Adige" was part of Napoleon's Cisalpine Republic in 1797. It was near Verona but was soon removed in 1798.
How the Department Was Formed
A few years later, Napoleon created the larger Department of Alto Adige further north. This department was part of his Kingdom of Italy from 1810 to 1814. It was formed when the Austrian Tyrol region was split. Parts went to French Bavaria and parts to the Kingdom of Italy.
The Department of Alto Adige included the southern part of Tyrol. This included the city of Bolzano and the area around Trentino. Austrian and German officials decided the borders. They agreed that areas mostly lived in by Italians would belong to the Kingdom of Italy.
The End of the Department
The Department of Alto Adige stopped existing after Napoleon was defeated in 1814. Its land is now split between the Italian provinces of Trentino and South Tyrol.
The name Alto Adige was used again later. Today, it is the Italian name for the part of Tyrol south of the Brenner Pass. After World War I, Ettore Tolomei made this name official in Italy.
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In Spanish: Departamento de Alto Adige para niños
