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Austria–Italy border

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Austro-Italian border
Characteristics
Entities Austria  Italy
Length404 kilometres (251 mi)
History
Established17 March 1861
Creation of the Kingdom of Italy
Current shape10 February 1947
Signing of the Paris Peace Treaties
TreatiesTreaty of Vienna
Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Paris Peace Treaties

The Austrian–Italian border is a 404 km (251 mi)[1] land border along the Alps between the Republic of Italy and the Republic of Austria. A border has existed since 1861, but the current one only since 1920 when happened the peace treaty between the kingdom of Italy and the Austrian Republic. It has been an EU internal border since 1 January 1995. The border was last changed in 1947.[2] A large older change was in 1920 when South Tyrol was made part of Italy instead of Austria

Provinces and states along the border

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Church at the border at Nassfeld

Italy

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Austria

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Traffic

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The main arterial routes over this border go over the Brenner Pass. It has:

Other important routes are:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency". Archived from the original on 2018-08-15. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
  2. ^ "The Paris Peace Treaties, 1947 were signed on 10 February 1947, including the 'Peace Treaty with Italy'". Verfassungen.eu. Retrieved 12 February 2019.