Quick Summary:
- Bolzano is a special place that combines the spirits of both Northern Europe and the Mediterranean in a single city.
- The capital of the South Tyrol region, this city of 100,000 inhabitants has a long history of connecting Italy and Germany, both in their present forms and as the empires they once belonged to.
- Bolzano’s long cultural and artistic legacy is apparent in its old medieval town center with Gothic and Romanesque buildings and lovely pastel row houses.
- The city is also known as “The Gate to the Dolomites,” as the nearby world-famous mountain chain is visible even from the town’s main square.
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Abbazia di Muri-Gries
The Arcades
Assumption of Our Lady Cathedral
Barbianer Wasserfalle - Cascate di Barbiano
Base Camp Dolomites
Cantina Bolzano
Castel Roncolo
Krippenmuseum Muri-Gries
Maretsch Castle
Mercantile Museum
Messner Mountain Museum MMM Firmian
Museion
Muster-Gasse
Naturmuseum Sudtirol
Piazza Walther
Puez-Geisler Nature Park
Salewa Cube
Südtiroler Archaologiemuseum
Victory Monument
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