Magnifica Comunità
di Fiemme

The history of the Magnifica Comunità di Fiemme officially starts in the year 1111 A.D. with the signature of the “Patti Ghebardini”. In fact, the Bishop Ghebardo, undersigning this historical document, does not cancel the autonomy of the inhabitants, but recognizes their rights with clear agreements and rules. The privileges of the Magnifica Comunità di Fiemme are stated by the “privilegio Enriciano” of the Bishop Enrico III di Metz in the year 1314 and later on by several other documents. The first seat of the Magnifica Comunità di Fiemme was a palace built in Cavalese in the XIV century that subsequently has been restored and changed into a sumptuous summer residence by the Bishop Bernardo Clesio.

The history of the Magnifica Comunità di Fiemme continues, marked by troublesome events, wars and disputes, until the Napoleonic period, when the French soldiers reached the Valley and arrived in Predazzo. It came to an end when the Bavarian Government abolished the ancient administrative system and replaced the “regole” (villages) with the municipalities. In 1807, after the fall of Napoleon at Waterloo and the Congress of Vienna, the valley became part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until 1918, when at the end of the First World War it was handed over to Italy, together with the rest of the Trentino region.