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Bressanone

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Bressanone , Ger. Brixen, town (1991 pop. 16,992), Trentino-Alto Adige, N Italy, on the Brenner Road, and at the confluence of the Isarco and Rienza rivers. Bressanone and its surrounding territory were ruled by prince-bishops from the 11th cent. In 1803 the bishopric was secularized and passed to Austria as a part of the Tyrol . The town passed to Italy with the S Tyrol in 1919; it retains a mixed German and Italian population. Of note are the cathedral (13th cent., with a baroque interior) and the Palazzo Vescovile (17th cent.). Author not available, BRESSANONE. , The... Read more

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Bressanone, Trentino‐Alto Adige/Italy Brixen Has the same origin as Brescia (see previous entry). Read more

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	ASM Bressanone.(natural gas distribution to Bressanone (Italy))(Brief Article) ; ASM Bressanone and Edison International have established a joint venture to bring natural gas distribution to Bressanone, Milan, Italy, and promote similar projects in the surrounding area. Read more
	In South Tirol, History on View Ancient City of Bressanone Is a Strategic and Cultural Landmark ; ...most ancient city in the South Tirol, Bressanone is the most beautiful and best preserved...giving rise to the modern Italian name Bressanone and the latter to today's German name...inhabitants being German-speaking). Bressanone's position at the confluence of the... Read more
	Durst/Rhopoint launch portable colour spectrophotometer ; Durst, of Bressanone in Northern Italy, has long been famous as a market leader for photographic enlargers. In 1989 the firm started marketing metrological... Read more
	Italian Border Guards Stop Emirates Team ; The United Arab Emirates' national football team missed a scheduled friendly at nearby Bressanone on Sunday night, after Italian border guards denied their entry. The players, who were at a training camp at Schruns in Austria... Read more
	Trip to Italy worth more than slopes ; ...used; English is uncommon. We lodged in Brixen-Bressanone (Brixen in German; Bressanone in Italian), to best facilitate skiing the...Alpe di Siusi and, finally, Plose, Brixen-Bressanone's "home" mountain, which perches more than... Read more
	Octopus grabs six. (Meat--Bacon--Poultry--Fish).(Brief Article) ; Prinz Gourmetline of Bressanone, Italy won six out of seven prizes in the third annual Seafood Prix d'Elite new products competition at the European Seafood Exposition... Read more
	Oly: Olympic News in briefs ; AAP Sports News (Australia) 08-04-2008 Oly: Olympic News in briefs BEIJING, Aug 8 AAP - Olympic news in brief. POPE BRESSANONE, Italy - Pope Benedict XVI says he hopes athletes taking part in the Olympic Games in Beijing will do so "in the true... Read more
	Five days above Italy; Hut-to-hut Dolomites trek is pure Alpine bliss.(TRAVEL) ; ...each we would be headed upward, which in my experience is easier than going down. Our departure point, in early July, was Bressanone (Brixen in German), a gabled Germanic town on the autostrada and railroad between Verona and the Brenner Pass. Here we had... Read more
	Cohen moves to limit fallout over ski lift accident in Italy At meeting of defense leaders, Italian official says he wants limits on flights ; ...said NATO's charter was clear: Any possible prosecutions for wrongdoing rested with the country of the troops involved. In Bressanone, Italy, Saturday, townspeople buried two of the three Italian victims among the 20. The third, cable car operator Marcello... Read more
	Avalanche in North Italy Kills Three Skiers ; ...victims were identified as Christine Elisabeth Steinbacher, 41, Simone Gramalla, both German, and Lieselotte Wenter, 63, from Bressanone near Bolzano. Joachim Hasse, 62, who is from Germany, was saved at the heart unit of Trento hospital where he was flown by... Read more

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And the winner is: Octopus Carpaccio, again, again, again, again and again, plus Tartes Feuilletees: an Octopus has eight arms, and Prinz Gourmetline's Octopus Carpaccio reaches out to grab almost as many accolades during ESE new product competition. It takes six of seven prizes, including both Prix d'Elite honors. Pieters wins special award for fish-filled puff pastry. (QFFI's Global Seafood Magazine).

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