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South Tyrol (occasionally South Tirol) is the term most commonly used in English for the province, and its usage reflects that it was created from a portion of the southern part of the historic County of Tyrol, a former state of the Holy Roman Empire and crown land of the Austrian Empire of the Habsburgs.
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The history of South Tyrol becomes somewhat more complicated when we consider the shifting of the region's national borders throughout the course of history: From 1363, South Tyrol was part of the County of Tirol in the Habsburg Empire. Then, after the end of World War I in 1919, it was annexed by Italy.
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The region consists of the State of Tyrol, the Province of South Tyrol and the Province of Trento. In addition to the region belong the municipalities Cortina d'Ampezzo, Livinallongo del Col di Lana, Colle Santa Lucia and Pedemonte from the Region of Veneto and Valvestino and Magasa from the Region of Lombardy.
South Tyrol, also known by its Italian name Alto Adige ( German: Südtirol, Italian: Alto Adige, Southern Bavarian: Sidtiroul ), is an autonomous province in northern Italy. Together with the province of Trento, it makes up the region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol.
South Tyrol is a place where contrasts meld together and your journey of discovery leads you through both Alpine and Mediterranean terrain. Here, the "pale mountains", i.e. UNESCO World Natural Heritage Dolomites, are accented by the green forests and meadows to the east.
South Tyrol as a political and administrative unit. The history of South Tyrol, separated from those of Tyrol, had only begun with the end of the First World War. Prior to that, South Tyrol was almost continuously 550 years part of the Habsburg Monarchy being a part of Tyrol.
