Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Bolzano - Bozen, Italy

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Number of sights 19 sights
Distance 3.8 km
Ascend 73 m
Descend 66 m

Experience Bolzano - Bozen in Italy in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Individual Sights in Bolzano - Bozen

Sight 1: Schloss Maretsch - Castel Mareccio

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Schloss Maretsch - Castel Mareccio Hubert Berberich (HubiB) / CC BY 3.0

Maretsch Castle is a castle located in the historic center of Bolzano, South Tyrol, northern Italy. It is a residence rather than a defense construction.

Wikipedia: Maretsch Castle (EN)

367 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 2: Chiesa Sacro Cuore - Herz-Jesu-Kirche

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The Sacred Heart Church is a Roman Catholic church in Bolzano, South Tyrol. It is located at Rauschertorgasse 6 in the Zentrum-Bozner Boden-Rentsch district and is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Wikipedia: Herz-Jesu-Kirche (Bozen) (DE)

231 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: ar/ge kunst

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ar/ge kunst Galleria Museo is a non-profit association based in the historic centre of Bolzano. As a private institution without collecting activities, the ar/ge kunst pursues its aims according to the idea of the Kunstverein, which is mainly a Nordic trend.

Wikipedia: Ar/ge kunst Galleria Museo (IT), Website

87 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology

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South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology Hubert Berberich (HubiB) / CC BY 3.0

South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology is an archaeological museum in the city of Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy. It is the home of the preserved body of Ötzi the Iceman.

Wikipedia: South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology (EN), Website

52 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Municipal Museum

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The Bolzano City Museum located in Bolzano is a museum of provincial importance. It is the oldest museum in today's South Tyrol and is managed by the Department of Culture of the municipal administration. Since 2003 it has been partially closed for a long restoration work that also includes its expansion, which has never begun; only the mezzanine floor periodically hosts exhibitions.

Wikipedia: Museo civico (Bolzano) (IT), Website

421 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 6: Museion

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The Museion is the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Bolzano, in South Tyrol, Italy.

Wikipedia: Museion (Bolzano) (EN), Website

473 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 7: Chiesa dei Domenicani - Dominikanerkirche

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Chiesa dei Domenicani - Dominikanerkirche

The Chiesa dei Domenicani is a medieval church in Bolzano/Bozen, South Tyrol, northern Italy.

Wikipedia: Chiesa dei Domenicani (EN)

94 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Chiesa dei Cappuccini - Kapuzinerkirche

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Chiesa dei Cappuccini - Kapuzinerkirche

The Capuchin Church (German: Kapuzinerkirche) is a Catholic place of worship in the city of Bolzano, South Tyrol.

Wikipedia: Chiesa dei Cappuccini (Bolzano) (IT)

172 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Our Lady of the Assumption

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The cathedral Maria Himmelfahrt is the parish church of the South Tyrolean capital Bolzano and cathedral of the 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.

Wikipedia: Maria Himmelfahrt (Bolzano) (EN)

38 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 10: Tesoro del Duomo di Bolzano - Domschatzkammer Bozen

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The Cathedral Treasury of Bolzano in the Old Provost's Office of the Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary in Bolzano on the Pfarrplatz is a museum of sacred art founded in 2007. Its collections are among the most extensive Baroque church inventories in the Tyrolean region.

Wikipedia: Domschatzkammer Bozen (DE)

140 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: Statua di Walther von der Vogelweide - Walther-von-der-Vogelweide-Denkmal

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The Walther monument in Bolzano was created in 1889 by Heinrich Natter and is dedicated to Walther von der Vogelweide. It is located on the central Walther-von-der-Vogelweide-Platz. The statue of Walther, executed in Lasa marble, stands on a fountain that serves as a pedestal.

Wikipedia: Walther-Denkmal (Bozen) (DE)

265 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 12: Museo Mercantile - Merkantilmuseum

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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 built in 1635, between Laubengasse and Silbergasse. After its dissolution, the building was the seat of the Bolzano Chamber of Commerce from 1851 to 1979.

Wikipedia: Merkantilmuseum (DE), Website

217 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 13: Chiesa dei Francescani - Franziskanerkirche

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The Franciscan Church is a monastic church in Bolzano, South Tyrol.

Wikipedia: Chiesa dei Francescani (IT)

161 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 14: Mariensäule

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The Marian Column is a monument in Bolzano by the sculptor Andreas Kompatscher. It is located in the Marienpark in front of the Goethe School.

Wikipedia: Mariensäule (Bozen) (DE)

223 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 15: Museo Scienze Naturali - Naturmuseum

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The South Tyrol Museum of Nature is a natural history museum in the Bindergasse in Bolzano. The museum, which opened in 1997, is one of the South Tyrolean provincial museums in public hands. The museum is housed in the sovereign office of Emperor Maximilian I in Bolzano's old town. As the only provincial museum of natural history, it is the central documentation and collection point for natural history objects in South Tyrol.

Wikipedia: Naturmuseum Südtirol (DE), Website

150 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 16: Deutschhauskirche (St. Georg im Weggenstein)

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The Church of the Teutonic Order or Church of St. George in Weggenstein in Bolzano is a Gothic-style church dedicated to St. George, patron saint together with St. Elizabeth of Hungary of the Order.

Wikipedia: Chiesa dell'Ordine Teutonico (IT)

244 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 17: St. Johann im Dorf - San Giovanni in Villa

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St. Johann im Dorf is a Roman Catholic church in St. Johann, a district of Bolzano, the capital of South Tyrol. It lies in the former rural community of Zwölfmalgreien north of the old town in St.-Johann-Gasse. It has been a listed building since 1977.

Wikipedia: St. Johann im Dorf (DE)

161 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 18: Castel Hörtenberg - Ansitz Hörtenberg

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Hörtenberg Castle is a Renaissance castle in South Tyrol, in the municipality of Bolzano, in the S. Osvaldo area in the Dodiciville district and located on the slopes of the Renon plateau.

Wikipedia: Castel Hörtenberg (IT)

317 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 19: Ehemalige Kirche St. Oswald - Ex chiesa S. Osvaldo

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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 in 1323 and 1405 after damage by landslides and referred to as "sant Oswalt pey Poczen" in 1412. The church consecration festival was celebrated on the anniversary of St. Oswald's death on 5 August. During the bombing of Bolzano in the Second World War, the church was destroyed by an American aerial bomb on December 2, 1943. Only the foundation walls have been preserved. Since 1951, these have been listed as historical monuments.

Wikipedia: St. Oswald (Bozen) (DE)

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