Snow in Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, is an autonomous region in Northern Italy. Since the 1970s, most legislative and administrative powers have been transferred to the two self-governing provinces that make up the region: the Province of Trento, commonly known as Trentino, and the Province of Bolzano, commonly known as South Tyrol. From the 9th century until its annexation by Italy in 1919, the region was part of Austria-Hungary and its predecessors, the Austrian Empire and the Holy Roman Empire. Together with the Austrian state of Tyrol it is represented by the Euroregion Tyrol-South Tyrol-Trentino. With a past of poverty, the region is today among the wealthiest and most developed in both Italy and the whole European Union. In English, the region is also known as Trentino-South Tyrol or by its Italian name. More information is available on Wikipedia
These images acquired from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission show the exceptional snowfall that hit the Trentino-Alto Adige region in the area from Bolzano to Brenner. By comparing these two images, it's possible to see the heavy snowfall which occurred in the first week of February 2019 along the dolomitic ridge and the Italian-Austrian crossing. We can see that snow has fallen all along the Brenner motorway.   View Sentinel-2 high resolution image (After) (JPG 5.6 MB) View Sentinel-2 high resolution image (Before) (JPG 8.5 MB)
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