Merano

British

/ məˈrɑːnəʊ, meˈraːno /

noun

German name: Meran. a town and resort in NE Italy, in the foothills of the central Alps: capital of the Tyrol (12th–15th century); under Austrian rule until 1919. Pop: 33 656 (2001)

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Then a friend told me about Palace Merano, a 120-year-old hotel turned luxury medical spa in the foothills of Italy’s Dolomites.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Jhawar is a fan of Bolzano, with its pretty, walkable medieval center; excellent archaeological museum dedicated to Ötzi the Iceman; and connecting trains to Bressanone/Brixen and Merano.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 5, 2021

Word last week from the northern Italian village of Merano came 41 moves into the 18th game of the 30th World Chess Championship.

From Time Magazine Archive

According to Farago, Bormann later used clerical clothes supplied by an Austrian bishop to reach Bavaria, then moved on to Northern Italy to visit his fatally ill wife in Merano.

From Time Magazine Archive

Chandler should have spent last week in Merano, the village in northern Italy's Dolomite mountains where the 30th World Chess Championship opened.

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