Austria–Italy border

The Austria–Italy border is a 404 km (251 mi) 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 1919. It has been an EU internal border since 1 January 1995. The border was last changed in 1947. A large older change was in 1919 when South Tyrol was made part of Italy instead of Austria.

Austro-Italian border
Characteristics
Entities	Austria Italy
Length	404 kilometres (251 mi)
History
Established	17 March 1861 Creation of the Kingdom of Italy
Current shape	10 February 1947 Signing of the Paris Peace Treaties
Treaties	Treaty of Vienna Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye Paris Peace Treaties

Provinces and states along the border

Church at the border at Nassfeld

Italy

• Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
• Veneto
• Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Austria

• Tyrol
• Salzburg
• Carinthia

Traffic

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

• European route E45 (Autobahn A13 and Autostrada A22)
• Brenner Railway

Other important routes are:

• European route E55 (Autobahn A2 and Autostrada A23)
• European route E66

See also

• Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1919)