Doss Trento, Historic hill summit in Trento, Italy

Doss Trento is a wooded hill on the right bank of the Adige River, in the Piedicastello district of Trento, northern Italy. It rises clearly above the surrounding city and its summit can be reached on foot via marked trails through the forest.

The hill was already a key point in ancient times and was one of the three heights on which Roman Tridentum was founded. Over the following centuries it was used for military purposes during several conflicts that affected the city and the surrounding valley.

The National Historical Museum of the Alpine Troops is housed in a former Austrian powder magazine and displays objects related to alpine military history. Visitors can see how a military building has been turned into a space where regional memory is kept alive.

The climb starts from the city center and follows marked paths through the trees up to the top. Sturdy shoes are a good idea since some sections of the trail can be slippery after rain.

The 1703 bombardment is depicted in a watercolour kept at the Service Historique de l'Armée de Terre in the Château de Vincennes in Paris. The hill also preserves the perimeter of a paleochristian basilica: a 6th-century floor mosaic found in its northern apse, dedicated to Saints Cosmas and Damian by the cantor Laurentius under Bishop Eugippius, is now in the Castello del Buonconsiglio.