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Tyrol or Tirol can be:

Geography

Austria-Italy

  • Tyrol (region), a (historical) region in the Alps, divided between Austria and Italy
  • Tyrol (state), a state of Austria
  • South Tyrol, a province in northern Italy
    • Tirol, South Tyrol, a municipality in South Tyrol
  • County of Tyrol, a former political entity in existence until the early 20th century comprising territory in the Italian region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and the Austrian state of Tyrol
  • German Tyrol, the German-speaking area of the old County of Tyrol
  • Euroregion Tyrol-South Tyrol-Trentino, a Euroregion comprising the historical Tyrol region

Elsewhere

  • Tyrol Basin, a ski and snowboard area located in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin
  • Tirol, a village in Doclin Commune, Caraş-Severin County, Romania

Other uses

  • Tyrolia (ski bindings), a major ski binding company, now part of Head NV
  • Galen Tyrol, a fictional character from the re-imagined miniseries and television series Battlestar Galactica
  • Tirol (fictional planet), the homeworld of the Robotech Masters in the anime series Robotech

Images for kids

  • Inntal mit Pendling-2

    Inn Valley with a view of Kufstein

  • Ortler Reschensee

    left summit: the Gran Zebrù, right summit: the Ortler; seen from Lake Reschen

  • Language distribution in South Tyrol and Trentino

    Language distribution in Trentino-South Tyrol.

  • Emil Rau - A Summer’s Day in Tyrol

    Traditional costumes of Tyrol

  • Am Schloss Tirol

    Tyrol Castle in Tirol, near Merano.

  • Dreier Landtag

    Dreier-Landtag

  • St-magdalena st-justina-rosengarten

    Vineyards in Bolzano

  • Riva del Garda , Panorama - panoramio

    A known city for tourism: Riva del Garda on Lake Garda

  • Flughafen Innsbruck - 12-06-05 by ralfr

    Innsbruck Airport

  • Südtiroler Speck g.g.A. aufgeschnitten

    South Tyrolean Speck

  • Schützenkompaniecastelam

    Trentino Rifle Company in front of Castle of Castellano

  • Zielgelände Kitzbühel

    Alpine Skiing World Cup in Kitzbühel

  • Unibz

    Main building of Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

  • Wappen Gefürstete Grafschaft Tirol

    Coat of arms of the former County of Tyrol during the Austro-Hungarian Empire

  • Krampus2

    Krampus in Toblach. Typical in the alpine region.

  • Imst Schemenlaufen 2016 34

    Imster Schemenlaufen in Imst

  • Ifinger Mountain - Herz Jesu Fires - South Tyrol

    Herz Jesu Fire in whole Tyrol

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