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of the finest works of the Eenaissance in Germany. The only other towns on the 

 northern slope of the Alps are Hall (5,022 inhabitants), known on account of its salt 

 works ; Sclncaz (4,813 inhabitants), famous formerly on account of its silver mines ; 

 and Knfstcui (2,083 inhabitants), with an old castle, converted into a prison. The 



Fig. 17. — BoTZEN. 

 Scale 1 : 150,000. 



Miles. 



towns on the Italian slope are more animated than those in the north. They 

 include Brixen (4,349 inhabitants), at the junction of the Brenner and the Puster- 

 thal railways ; Botzen (Bolzano, 9,357 inhabitants), at the confluence of the 

 Eisack and the Adige ; and Trent (17,073 inhabitants), an Italian city, remark- 



