Welschtirol#
Welschtirol, old term referring to the Italian part of South Tyrol south of the Salorno gorge (Province of Trentino). Was ceded to Austria in 1803 after the secular rule of the Diocese of Trento had ended, and to Italy in 1919.
Literature#
R. Hootz (ed.), Kunstdenkmaeler in Italien. Suedtirol, Trentino, 1973; H. Penz, Das Trentino, 1984.