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tornado34jh

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5. I actually had visited Bolzano, the place they hold Otzi, back in 2011 on the way up to Germany. It was incredible
Mon Mar 4, 2024, 11:14 PM
Mar 2024

The area around the Province of Bolzano (known as Südtirol or South Tyrol to the inhabitants there) of northern Italy is mostly German speaking, it fact, it's more like Austria than Italy. There in fact was a separatist movement in the 1970s and 1980s when they wanted South Tyrol to be part of Austria. The historical Tyrol (Tirol in German) included what is now the modern state of Tyrol (split between North and East Tyrol) along with the aforementioned province of Bolzano/Alto Adige (Alto Adige means "upper Adige", and refers to a river that originates near there).

Ice is a very good preserver because the cold temperatures prevent decomposition from bacteria, especially if it is preserved in a very rural area.

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