17 Sights in Bolzano - Bozen, Italy (with Map and Images)
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Explore interesting sights in Bolzano - Bozen, Italy. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 17 sights are available in Bolzano - Bozen, Italy.
Sightseeing Tours in Bolzano - Bozen1. Ehemalige Kirche St. Oswald - Ex chiesa S. Osvaldo
St. Oswald was a church on the Oswaldweg in Bolzano, dedicated to St. Oswald of Northumbria. The late Romanesque east tower church was first mentioned in 1288, reconsecrated after damage caused by landslides in 1323 and 1405 and was called "sant Oswalt pey Poczen" in 1412. The feast was celebrated on the anniversary of the death of St. Oswald on 5 August. During the bombing of Bolzano during the Second World War, the church was destroyed by an American bomb on 2 December 1943. Only the foundation walls have been preserved. Since 1951 they have been listed as historical monuments.
2. Monumento alla Vittoria - Siegesdenkmal
The Victory Monument is a monument in Bolzano, northernmost Italy, erected on the personal orders of Benito Mussolini in South Tyrol, which had been annexed from Austria after World War I. The 19 metre wide Victory Gate was designed by architect Marcello Piacentini and substituted the former Austrian Kaiserjäger monument, torn down in 1926–27. Its construction in Fascist style, displaying lictorial pillars, was dedicated to the "Martyrs of World War I".
3. Museo Scienze Naturali - Naturmuseum
The South Tyrol Museum of Nature is a natural history museum located in the Bindergasse in Bolzano. Opened in 1997, the museum is one of South Tyrol's public museums. The museum is housed in the Princely Office of Emperor Maximilian I in the old town of Bolzano. As the only provincial museum for natural history, it is the central documentation and collection point for natural history objects in South Tyrol.
4. Santa Maddalena - St. Magdalena
St. Magdalena in Prazöll is a Roman Catholic church in St. Magdalena, a village formerly belonging to the rural municipality of Zwölfmalgreien and today to the South Tyrolean capital of Bolzano. The village church, picturesquely situated between vineyards, belongs to the parish of Rentsch and has valuable frescoes from the 14th century inside. It has been a listed building since 1977.
5. Municipal Museum
The Civic Museum of Bolzano based in Bolzano is a museum of provincial relevance. It is the oldest museum of the current Alto Adige and is directed by the culture distribution of the municipal administration. Since 2003 it has been partially closed for a long restoration work that also includes its expansion, never started; Only the raised plan periodically hosts exhibitions.
6. Museo Mercantile - Merkantilmuseum
The Mercantile Museum houses the economic history of Bolzano with collections of documents, paintings and furnishings from the 17th and 18th centuries. It is located in the Mercantile Building, the former seat of the Mercantile Magistrate, established in 1635. After its dissolution, the building was the seat of the Bolzano Chamber of Commerce from 1851 to 1979.
7. Our Lady of the Assumption
The cathedral Maria Himmelfahrt is the parish church of the South Tyrolean capital Bolzano and cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bozen-Brixen. While the Bishop has resided in Bozen since 1964, the cathedra and the cathedral chapter remain in Brixen. Maria Himmelfahrt is therefore with Brixen Cathedral co-cathedral of the diocese.
8. Castel Roncolo - Schloss Runkelstein
Runkelstein Castle is a medieval fortification on a rocky spur in the territory of Ritten, near the city of Bolzano in South Tyrol, Italy. In 1237 Alderich Prince-Bishop of Trent gave the brothers Friedrich and Beral Lords of Wangen permission to construct a castle on the rock then called Runchenstayn.
9. Tesoro del Duomo di Bolzano - Domschatzkammer Bozen
The Cathedral Treasury of Bolzano in the Old Provost of the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Bolzano on Piazza del Pfarrplatz is a museum of sacred art founded in 2007. His collections are among the most extensive baroque church inventories in the Tyrolean region.
10. Burg Greifenstein - Castel Greifenstein
Greifenstein Castle, also known as Castel del Porco, is a ruined fortified complex that stands on a rocky outcrop with sheer walls above Terlano, a neighboring municipality of Bolzano. Neuhaus Castle, the other castle in the area, is part of the municipality of San Genesio.
11. Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche
The Evangelical Church of Christ in Bolzano-Gries is the church of the Evangelical Lutheran parish of Bolzano. It has about 500 registered members and stretches from the Brenner Pass to Lake Garda; the western part of this area includes the neighbouring parish of Merano.
Wikipedia: Evangelische Christuskirche (Bozen) (DE), Website
12. Vecchia Chiesa parrocchiale di Gries - Alte Grieser Pfarrkirche
The Old Parish Church of Gries was until 1788 the parish church of the formerly independent municipality of Gries, which today forms part of the Gries-San Quirino district of Bolzano, South Tyrol (Italy). The Late Gothic church contains several precious works of art.
13. Torre Druso - Gscheibter Turm
Treuenstein Castle is a medieval fortification on the outskirts of Bolzano in South Tyrol, northern Italy. Located in the borough of Gries, it was built between 1276 and 1278 by Meinhard, Count of Tyrol for his trusted vassal Friedrich, a burgher from Bolzano.
14. St. Johann im Dorf - San Giovanni in Villa
St. Johann im Dorf is a Roman Catholic church in St. Johann, a district of Bolzano, the capital of South Tyrol. It is located in the former rural community of Zwölfmalgreien north of the old town in St.-Johann-Gasse. It has been a listed building since 1977.
15. Statua di Walther von der Vogelweide - Walther-von-der-Vogelweide-Denkmal
The Walther monument in Bolzano was created by Heinrich Natter in 1889 and is dedicated to Walther von der Birdweide. It is located on the central Walther-von-der-Vogelweide-Platz. Walther's statue of Laaser Marble stands on a fountain that serves as a base.
16. Castel Sant'Antonio - Schloss Klebenstein
Castel Sant'Antonio or Castel Klebenstein is a castle located in Bolzano, at the entrance to the Val Sarentino, near the S. Antonio bridge (St.-Antons-Brücke), over the Talvera stream, and not far from Runkelstein Castle.
17. Chiesa Sacro Cuore - Herz-Jesu-Kirche
The Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a Roman Catholic church in Bolzano, South Tyrol. It is located at Via Rauschertor 6 in the district of Zentrum-Bolzner Boden-Rentsch and is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
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