or Bolzano (the ancient Pons Drusi), the capital of the circle of Etzach in Tyrol, is situated at the confluence of the Talfer and the Eisach, 32 miles N.N.E. of Trent. The town is well built in the Italian style, and has a fine old Gothic church, a castle, several churches and convents, and a gymnasium. Being intersected by roads from Italy, Germany, and Switzerland, it has an extensive transit trade, and four large annual fairs. It has also some manufactures of linen, silk, and hosiery goods, leather, &c. It is protected from sudden inundations by a strong dike of masonry nearly 2 miles in length, and in some parts 24 feet thick. Pop. 9000.