Must-see attractions in Bolzano (Bozen)

  • Museo Archeologico dell'Alto Adige

    Bolzano (Bozen)

    The star of the Museo Archeologico dell’Alto Adige is Ötzi, the Iceman, with almost the entire museum being given over to the Copper Age mummy. Kept in a…

  • Museion

    Bolzano (Bozen)

    Bolzano's four-storey contemporary art space is housed in a huge multifaceted glass cube, a brave architectural surprise that beautifully vignettes the…

  • Messner Mountain Museum Firmiano

    Bolzano (Bozen)

    The imposing Castel Firmiano, dating back to AD 945, is the centrepiece of mountaineer Reinhold Messner's six museums. Based around humankind's…

  • BZ '18-'45

    Bolzano (Bozen)

    This dense but visually seductive museum explores Bolzano's turbulent interwar years via the history of the fascist Monument to Victory, where it is sited…

  • Castel Roncolo

    Bolzano (Bozen)

    This stunningly located castle was built in 1237 but is renowned for its vivid 14th-century frescoes. These are particularly rare, with themes that are…

  • Duomo Maria Assunta

    Bolzano (Bozen)

    This splendid Gothic cathedral is Bolzano's most emblematic building, its imposing spires and polychrome tiled roof backed by the equally Gothic peaks of…

  • Chiesa e Convento dei Domenicani

    Bolzano (Bozen)

    The chapel (Cappella di San Giovanni) and adjacent cloisters here feature touching, vibrant 14th-century frescoes by school-of-Giotto artists.

  • Chiesa e Convento dei Francescani

    Bolzano (Bozen)

    The 14th-century Chiesa di Francescani features beautiful cloisters and a magnificent Gothic altarpiece, carved in 1500 by Hans Klocker.

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