Trentino-Alto Adige is situated in the extreme north of Italy to the border with Austria. The southern part of this region is the Trentino that takes its name from the chief town, Trento from the latin Tridentum (ancient town hall), while the northern part , Alto Adige, is so-called because it' s situated in the basin of the upper watercourse of the Adige river. In Adige there are three linguistic groups: German, Italian and the ancient language ladina, going back to the period of the Roman presence at the alpine zone. It has obvious analogies with Castilian, Proven? and Catalan language, present still in some places such as Val Gardena, Val Abbey, Val di Fassa, Livinallongo and Ampezzo. Trentino is to land full of mountains and lakes, there are 300 (three hundred) large and small stretches of water , where is possible to practice fishing and yachting. It provides wonderful and incomparable landscapes: to natural stage made of boundless (unlimited) meadows, valleys and mountains, among these there are the Dolomiti, the most beautiful mountains around the world, but above all they are unique, because they change color during the day, in conformity the sunlight.