Brixen in South Tyrol

9 October 2014 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  8 minutes

Library of the Philosophical-theological Academy Brixen © Klaus Graf/cc-by-sa-3.0

Library of the Philosophical-theological Academy Brixen © Klaus Graf/cc-by-sa-3.0

Brixen (Italian: Bressanone) is a town in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Bolzano. According to the 2011 census, the majority of the population speaks German as first language (72.82%). The remainder of the inhabitants speak Italian and Ladin as first languages, with percentages of 25.84% and 1.34%, respectively.   read more…

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