Architecture
Messner Mountain Museum Firmian near Bolzano/Bozen
South Tyrol`s architecture

Building styles found in South Tyrol are strongly influenced by the region’s eventful history.

 

The nobility left behind countless castles, fortified manors and aristocratic country houses.Church buildings and monasteries from all stylistic periods bear testimony to the piety of Tyrol’s society. Following Italy’s annexation of South Tyrol in 1919, new buildings were characterised by...
Architecture - overview
Wolfsthurn Castle
Baroque – Wolfsthurn Castle
The splendid baroque castle in the village of in Mareta/Mareit near...
The collegiate church of San Candido/Innichen
Romanesque style – the collegiate church of San Candido/Innichen
The centuries-old collegiate church of San Candido is South Tyrol’s...
The cloister of Bressanone/Brixen
Gothic architecture – The cloister of Bressanone/Brixen
Until 1964 Bressanone/Brixen had been a Bishop’s See for 1000 years....
The Museion in Bolzano/Bozen
Contemporary architecture - The Museion in Bolzano/Bozen
In 2008 South Tyrol’s Museum for Modern and Contemporary Art moved...
The Kurhaus in Merano/Meran
Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) - the Kurhaus in Merano
The golden age of the belle époque is reflected in Merano’s...
Fortezza/Franzensfeste fortress
Fortezza/Franzensfeste fortress
Habsburg fortress, army barracks, hiding place for Nazi gold and now...