As if to remind italian citizens, and visitors, of the country's rich history and culture, city streets are creatively named after important historical figures, historical and geographical landmarks, and even significant historical dates.In Trento, there are streets named after Alcide De Gasperi, prime minister of Italy (1945 to 1953) and born in Trentino, Eugenio Prati, a Trentino painter, and Cesare Battisti, a Trento-born mar
tyr executed by the Austrians in WWI. Street names with dates include Via 24 Maggio, 1915, which commemorates Italy's entrance into WWI, Corso 3 Novembre, 1918, commemorating the signing of the Armistice of Villa Giusti at the end of WWI giving Italy control of Trentino-Alto Adige, and Via 4 Novembre, 1918, commemorating the reuinification of Italy after the war.Some streets near prominent local landmarks are named appropriately, calling attention to old buildings, structures and towers, such as Via Torre Vanga, one of the first towers to be seen upon entering the city from the west, and Via Dietro le Mura, the street behind the old wall on the opposite side of Piazza Fiera.
Link: Paintings by Eugenio Prati
