Salorno

Salorno sulla Strada del Vino (Italian pronunciation: [saˈlorno]; German: Salurn [saˈlʊrn]) is the southernmost comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southwest of the city of Bolzano.

In the east and south it borders the Trentino municipalities of Altavalle, Capriana, Cembra Lisignago, Giovo, Grauno, Grumes, Mezzocorona, Roverè della Luna and Valda.

The Chiusa di Salorno (Salurner Klause), a narrow section of the Adige Valley between the Fiemme Mountains and the Nonsberg Group, marks the southern border of the South Tyrolean Unterland.

As of 31 December 2011, Salorno sulla Strada del Vino had a population of 3,591 and an area of 33.2 square kilometres (12.8 sq mi).

It was purchased by Count Meinhard II of Gorizia-Tyrol in 1284, besieged and occupied by Duke Louis V of Bavaria in 1349, and finally bequested to the Austrian House of Habsburg in 1363.

After World War I and the dissolution of Austria-Hungary, Salorno was annexed to Italy together with the rest of South Tyrol and other areas of the Austrian territory, as consequence of the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye on 10 October 1920.

Chiusa di Salorno
Haderburg Castle.
St Andrew Church
Salorno waterfall.