Dercolo is a district (frazione) of the municipality (comune) of Campodenno in the autonomous province of Trento, Italy.
History
editThe toponym Dercolo derives from the Roman mythology of Hercules (Ercole, in the Italian language), who was venerated from the 4th century BC to the 3rd century AD in the Val di Non.[1]
Dercolo became an autonomous community around 1928, the year in which it was joined to Denno.[2]
Monuments and places of interest
edit- Chiesa di Santo Stefano, built in 1479.[3]
References
edit- ^ Società, economia, religione, in Il Trentino in età romana, Bologna 2000. p. 176. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- ^ "Dercolo - Storia dei Comuni, Variazioni Amministrative dall'Unità d'Italia". Retrieved 3 April 2017.
- ^ "Chiesa di Santo Stefano a Dercolo". Retrieved 4 April 2017.
46°14′55″N 11°02′50″E / 46.24861°N 11.04722°E
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