Trentino-Alto Ádige · Italy
In the destination Dolomites.
In the photo: Duomo de Bolzano seen from Piazza Walther
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The city
Bolzano, Bozen in German, is the capital of Alto Adige and the gateway to the Dolomites. Signs are in Italian and German. The town center features Piazza Walther, the Gothic cathedral, the Chiesa dei Domenicani and the Via dei Portici, and the Museo Archeologico dell'Alto Adige houses Ötzi, the Iceman. In the surroundings are Castel Roncolo, Castel Firmiano and the Renon plateau, with a cable car, a small tourist train and the earth pyramids.
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The local experience
Archaeological museum in central Bolzano where Ötzi, the Iceman, is displayed — the natural mummy of a man who lived around 5,300 years ago, with the clothes, the copper axe and the bow found with him.
Bolzano's main square, with the statue of the medieval poet Walther von der Vogelweide, the Duomo on one side and the historic centre just behind. It hosts the Christmas market.
Bolzano's main church, Gothic, dedicated to Santa Maria Assunta, with a 65-metre bell tower completed in 1519 and a colourful tiled roof, beside Piazza Walther.
Gothic church of the Dominican friars, from the late 13th century, with the Cappella di San Giovanni covered in frescoes from the school of Giotto and an altarpiece by Guercino.
Medieval commercial street of Bolzano, from the late 12th century, with arcades on both sides, old shops and, at one end, the Piazza delle Erbe and its fruit and vegetable market.
Castle from 1237 on a rock spur at the entrance to the Val Sarentino, with the largest cycle of medieval non-religious frescoes in Europe, including the legend of Tristan and Isolde.
Medieval fortress on a hill on the outskirts of Bolzano, mentioned since the 10th century, which houses the mountain museum created by mountaineer Reinhold Messner about the relationship between humans and the mountain.
Plateau above Bolzano, over a thousand meters in altitude, reached by cable car in 12 minutes and crossed by a small 1907 train, with views of the Dolomites, woods and Tyrolean villages.
Columns of clay carved by erosion, many with a balancing stone on top, on the slopes of the Renon plateau, considered among the tallest in Europe and visible from short trails.
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