San Lorenzo in Banale is a comune (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 15 km west of Trento

Trento

Trento is an Italian city located in the Adige River valley in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. It is the capital of Trentino...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,129 and an area of 62.1 km². The comune is made up of seven merged hamlets or villages. They are Berghi, Dolaso, Glolo, Senaso, Prato, Prusa and Pergnano. Moline, Deggia, and Nembia are three other nearby hamlets that are also a part of San Lorenzo in Banale.

San Lorenzo in Banale borders the following municipalities: Ragoli

Ragoli

Ragoli is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 25 km west of Trento...

, Molveno

Molveno

Molveno is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 15 km northwest of Trento...

, Andalo

Andalo

Andalo is a comune in Trentino in north Italy, with some 1,050 inhabitants in 2010. Despite its size, it is the seat of the newly created Comunità di Valle dell'Altopiano della Paganella.- Geography :...

, Vezzano, Stenico

Stenico

Stenico is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 20 km west of Trento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,119 and an area of 49.8 km²....

, Dorsino

Dorsino

Dorsino is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 15 km west of Trento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 444 and an area of 12.2 km²....

, Calavino

Calavino

Calavino is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 18 km west of Trento. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,365 and an area of 12.8 km²....

 and Comano Terme

Comano Terme

Comano Terme is an Italian comune of the province of Trentino in northern Italy. It was created on January 1, 2010 by the union of the former comuni of Bleggio Inferiore and Lomaso.-History:...

.

Food

Ciuìga is a locally produced sausage made with pork, turnips, and pepper. It's then smoked using juniper

Juniper

Junipers are coniferous plants in the genus Juniperus of the cypress family Cupressaceae. Depending on taxonomic viewpoint, there are between 50-67 species of juniper, widely distributed throughout the northern hemisphere, from the Arctic, south to tropical Africa in the Old World, and to the...

 branches and served during the winter months accompanied with polenta

Polenta

Polenta is a dish made from boiled cornmeal. The word "polenta" is borrowed from Italian.-Description:Polenta is made with ground yellow or white cornmeal , which can be ground coarsely or finely depending on the region and the texture desired.As it is known today, polenta derives from earlier...

, sauerkraut, or potatoes. The name originates from the local dialect word for pine cone, because of its shape and size. It is also a Slow Food

Slow Food

Slow Food is an international movement founded by Carlo Petrini in 1986. Promoted as an alternative to fast food, it strives to preserve traditional and regional cuisine and encourages farming of plants, seeds and livestock characteristic of the local ecosystem. It was the first established part of...

presidium.

External links

Homepage of the city