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| name                = Bolzano
| official_name       = Città di Bolzano<br>Stadt(gemeinde) Bozen
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| region              = [[Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol]]
| province            = [[Sooth Tyrol]] (BZ)
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| mayor_party         = Democratic Pairty
| mayor               = Luigi Spagnolli (PD)
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| area_total_km2      = 52.34
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| population_total    = 104011
| population_as_of    = Dez. 2010
| pop_density_footnotes = 1986
| population_demonym  = Italian: bolzanini<br>German: Bozner
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| elevation_m         = 262
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| postal_code         = 39100
| area_code           = 0471
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'''Bolzano''' {{audio|It-Bolzano.ogg|<small>listen</small>}} ([[German leid|German]]: ''Bozen''; [[Ladin]]: ''Bulsan''; {{lang-la|Bauzanum}}) is a ceety an ''[[comune]]'' in the [[Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol]] region o [[Italy]]. Bolzano is an aa the [[Caipital ceety|caipital]] o the [[Sooth Tyrol]].

The [[Sooth Tyrol Museum o Airchaeology]] in Bolzano is whaur the ice mummy "[[Ötzi the Iceman|Ötzi]]" is kept.

Bolzano is the seat o the [[Free University o Bozen-Bolzano]], whaur lectures an seminars held in Inglis, German, an Italian reflect the multilingual status o the region.

In 2008 Bolzano wis ane o the locations, in the region Trentino-Alto Adige, whaur the seivent edition o the warld renouned [[Manifesta]], the European Biennial o Contemporary Airt wis held.

The ceety is an aa the hame o the [[Italian Airmy]]'s [[Alpini]] Heich Command ([[COMALP]]) an some o its combat an support units.

== History ==
[[File:Bozen um 1898.jpg|thumb|left|Bolzano in 1898.]]
Inhabitit bi the [[Raeti]]an Isarci fowk, a dounset wis biggit bi the Romans efter the aurie's conquest bi general [[Nero Claudius Drusus]] in 15 BC, tae whom the name o the dounset ''Pons Drusi'' ("Drusus Brig") referred. The nearbi veelage wis cried ''Bauzanum''. Wi the end o the Roman empire a Bavarian immigration began an the first mentionin o a Bavarian coont as ruler o Bolzano dates frae 679. The aurie haes been sattled bi German populations syne then. Bolzano haes been an important tradin pynt syne its elevation tae a toun on 24 Juin 1190 bi bishop Konrad o Trient, due tae its location in atween the twa major ceeties o [[Venice]] an [[Augsburg]]. Fower times a year a mercat wis held an traders came frae the sooth an the north. The mercantile magistrate wis therefore foondit in 1635. Ivery mercat saison twa Italic an twa Germanic officers (appointit frae the traders who operatit thare) wirked in this office. The ceety wis a cultural crosspoint at that time, an still is tae this day.

Afore Warld War I, Bolzano wis pairt o the [[Austrick–Hungary|Austro–Hungarian]] [[coonty o Tyrol]]. It wis annext bi Italy at the end o Warld War I an on 1 Januar 1927 became a provincial caipital. At the time o its annexation, Bolzano wis primarily a German-speakin ceety, wi a pre-war population o 30,000 fowk. In the 1920s the ceety, alang wi the rest o the province, wis subjectit tae an intensive [[Italianization o Sooth Tyrol|Italianization programme]] unner orders frae [[Benito Mussolini]]. The aim wis tae ootnumber the local German-speakin population bi triplin the population wi Italian-speakin immigrants drawn frae the auld provinces.

Durin Warld War II, Bolzano wis the site o the [[Nazism|Nazi]] [[Bolzano Transit Camp]], a [[concentration camp]] for [[Jews]] an poleetical preesoners.

== Society an economy ==
Accordin tae the 2001 census, 73% o the ceety indwallers speak Italian, 26.29% German an 0.71% [[Ladin]] as thair [[first leid]]. The ceety thrives on a mix o auld an new—heich-quality intensive [[agricultur]] (includin [[wine]], [[fruit]] an [[dairy product]]s), [[tourism]], traditional [[handicraft]] (wid, ceramics) an advanced [[Service (economics)|services]]. [[Hivy industry]] (machinery, automotive, steel) instawed durin the 1930s haes nou been maistly dismantled. On the dounside, the local economy is vera dependent on the [[public sector]], an especially the provincial govrenment.

Bolzano is the biggest ceety in the province o Bolzano-Bozen, which is an autonomous province in Northren Italy wi a special statute. This statute preserves the richts o the [[autochthonous]] German-speakin minority in Italy. This unique seestem haes been admired bi the [[Dalai Lama]], who visitit the ceety on several occasions tae study a possible application in Cheenese-occupee'd Tibet. It haes an aa been presentit as role model for the successfu an fair resolution o inter-ethnic conflict tae ither regions o the warld.

Bolzano wis rankt as haein the seicont heichest quality o life o Italian ceeties in 2007, wi neighbourin [[Trento]] toppin the leet.

== Ceety destricts an neighborin communities ==
[[File:Location of Bozen (Italy).png|thumb|right|Location o Bolzano.]]
Ceety destricts:
* Centro-Piani-Rencio (German: ''Zentrum-Bozner Boden-Rentsch'')
* Don Bosco
* Europa-Novacella (German: ''Europa-Neustift'')
* Gries-San Quirino (German: ''Gries-Quirein'')
* Oltrisarco-Aslago (German: ''Oberau-Haslach'')

Neighbourin communities are: [[Eppan an der Weinstraße]], [[Karneid]], [[Laives]], [[Deutschnofen]], [[Ritten]], [[Jenesien]], [[Terlan]], an [[Vadena]].

Ither important nearbi touns are [[Brixen]], [[Bruneck]] an [[Merano]].

== Transportation ==
Bolzano is connectit tae the heichway [[Autostrade o Italy|A22]]-[[European route E45|E45]] tae [[Trento]] an [[Verona]] an tae [[Innsbruck]] (Austrick) an [[Munich]] (Germany).

The ceety is an aa connectit tae the [[Rail transport in Italy|Italian railway seestem]]. [[Bolzano railway station]], opened in 1859, forms pairt o the [[Brenner railway|Brenner railway (Verona–Innsbruck)]], which is the main railway route atween Italy an Germany.  The station is an' a' a [[junction (rail)|junction]] o twa branch lines, tae [[Bolzano–Merano railway|Merano]] an [[Bolzano–Mals railway|Mals]], respectively.

Different airlines provide flichts frae [[Bolzano Airport]] (IATA: BZO) tae [[Roum]], [[Vienna]], [[Milan]] an ither destinations.

== Sport ==
The toun is host tae an annual [[road runnin]] competeetion – the [[BOclassic]] – which features an elite men's 10K an weemen's 5K races. The event, first held in 1975, takes place on [[New Year's Eve]] an is broadcast live on telly bi [[Rai Sport Più]].

=== Local teams ===
;Fitbaw
*[[F.C. Südtirol-Alto Adige]] plays in [[Lega Pro Seconda Divisione]] (Promotit tae [[Lega Pro Prima Divisione]] in 2009-10 saison)
*[[F.C. Bolzano 1996]] plays in [[Serie D]]

;Handbaw
*SSV Bozen [[Team handbaw|Handbaw]] A-Elite Liga

;Ice hockey
*[[HC Bolzano Bozen]] Tods plays in [[Serie A (ice hockey)|Serie A1]]
*[[EV Bozen 96]] plays in [[Serie CU26 (ice hockey)|Serie A2]]

;Rugby
*[[Sudtirolo Rugby Cavaliers]] The Cavaliers plays in Serie C

;American Fitbaw
*[[Giants Bolzano]] The Giants plays in IFL (Italian Football League), the first league o the FIDAF

== Twin ceeties ==
*{{Flagicon|Hungary}} [[Sopron]], [[Hungary]]

== Freemit airtins ==
{{Commonscat|Bolzano}}
*{{it icon}} {{de icon}} [http://www.comune.bolzano.it Hamepage o the ceety]
*[http://www.bolzano-bozen.it Tourism office o the ceety]
* [http://www.kellereibozen.com Bolzano Winery - Kellerei Bozen - Cantina Bolzano]
*{{Wikivoyage|Bolzano}}

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