Set on a rocky shelf on the slope of Mount Silana, the borgo of Pieve Tesino has a certain mountain elegance. Its main square, Piazza Maggiore, is decorated with an 18th-century octagonal fountain that bears the coats of arms of the Prince Bishop of Trento, the City and the Habsburg Imperial Eagle. Other 18th century fountains have, over time, replaced the rustic wooden drinking troughs. They include small masterpieces such as the Fountain of the Snakes along the path that winds between elegant 18th century houses and sacred buildings. Under the borgo’s 15th century arcades, the heads of families once gathered to make important community decisions. The Church of Santa Maria Assunta stands out for its Gothic style, consecrated in 1184 by the Bishop of Feltre and rebuilt in 1400. It houses an 18th century Baroque altar where light dances from the stained-glass windows donated by the local lords. The Church of San Sebastiano was built after the plague of 1457. The borgo’s most illustrious son is Alcide De Gasperi, politician, prime minister, and leader of the nation’s reconstruction after World War II. Among the inspirers of the European Union, his childhood home has now become the Alcide De Gasperi Museum. The Garden of Europe, with a circular path through woods, meadows and peat bogs, is a tribute to the statesman and a symbol of a united Europe. Reminding us of a parliament with its amphitheatre shape, it is part of a network of the Houses of the Founding Fathers of Europe.