Bolzano in South Tyrol
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Bolzano is the capital city of the
province of South Tyrol in northern Italy. It is one of only five mainly Italian-speaking municipalities in South Tyrol. Bolzano is the seat of the
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano , where lectures and seminars are held in English, German and Italian.
In a 2010 quality-of-life survey by the Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore , Bolzano was ranked number one on a list of 107 Italian cities. In the 2011 edition of the survey, Bolzano was ranked number two, after top-ranked Bologna . In the 2012 edition, Bolzano once again occupied the top spot, being ranked the city with the best quality of life in Italy.
Bolzano and the Sciliar Mountains © Corradox/cc-by-sa-3.0
The city thrives on a mix of old and new high-quality intensive agriculture (including wine, fruit and dairy products), tourism, traditional handicraft (wood, ceramics) and advanced services. Heavy industry (machinery, automotive, steel) installed during the 1930s has now been mostly dismantled. On the downside, the local economy is very dependent on the public sector and especially the provincial government.
Bolzano is the biggest city in South Tyrol, which is an autonomous province in Northern Italy with a special statute. This statute preserves the rights of the German-speaking minority in Italy. This unique system has been admired by the
Dalai Lama , who visited the city on several occasions to study a possible application in Chinese-occupied Tibet. It has also been presented as role model for the successful and fair resolution of inter-ethnic conflict to other regions of the world.
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