Home to the famed Counter-Reformation Council of Trento, the city center is very much still a medieval city, with stone-paved streets, a soaring cathedral (duomo), and a fountain of Neptune.
As a lecturer at the school, I have been lent an apartment owned by the University of Trento, which overlooks the Adige River, and is just a few blocks from the Duomo.
My excuse, er, reason for being here is the Nuclear TALENT Summer School on Computational Many-body physics, essentially an intense 3-week graduate course on numerical methods in computing the quantum wavefunctions of atomic nuclei. The course is hands on; there are 3 hours of lectures each morning (which after 3 weeks = 45 hours of lectures which is equivalent to a 3-unit, 1 semester course in the U.S.) and the afternoons students work on writing programming assignments laid out in lectures.
The ECT* is located at the restored Villa Tambosi, in the community of Villazzano on the outskirts of Trento, a short bus ride away from the city center. Originally the interior was not so grand, but after years of slow renovation it's very pleasant inside and out. Of course, this is the most impressive shot I have. Almost as good, if not better, is the commanding view of the valley from the Villa.
The school itself is advanced and intimate, with only 22 students, including two of my Ph.D students, Bill and Julia.
