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Photo Gallery A Tyrolean Idyll

The German-speaking Italian province of South Tyrol has defied the economic crisis with almost full employment and a healthy economy. Its success is partly due to its paternalistic governor, Luis Durnwalder, who has ruled the province as his personal fiefdom since 1989. But resentment of Rome is getting stronger among the region's residents.
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The German-speaking Italian province of South Tyrol has defied the economic crisis with almost full employment and a healthy economy. This photo shows the Sciliar or Schlern plateau in South Tryol, with the Dolomite mountains in the background.

Foto: epa ansa/ picture-alliance/ dpa
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel is famous for her love of South Tyrol, where she often takes vacation. This photo shows her visiting Reinhold Messner's mountain museum in Bolzano on August 6 during her recent holiday there.

Foto: Stefan Wallisch/ dpa
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