Castles and Fortresses in Tures and Aurina Valleys

The Tures Castle
The Castle towers at the entrance to the Valle Aurina Valley. It is crowned by the glaciers of the Aurine Alps and surrounded by forests. At the bottom of the Castle lies the beautiful village of Campo Tures and the vast green Campo di Tures hollow. This is the image that awaits all visitors of the area. Merloned walls and a round arch make it impossible to cross the road that once went past the castle. The path of the castle leads you across a drawbridge over the castle moat, and through a big lancet door into a square court with a round tower at each side.
On top of the doors and at the towers you can see the trap-door, from which hot liquids and various other objects, that were once used for protective purposes, were spilled or dropped down onto  any daring would-be enemies. Further on, another drawbridge and three gateways can be found. The square tower with the big gate, the two round towers, the battlement parapet to the South and the south-west track (period of construction: the oldest walls date back to the 11th Century, the by arched windows to the middle of the 13th Century and the gothic part was built between 1483 and 1541) date back to the 2nd period. – In the castles court you can see a picturesque fountain, covered by an octagonal roof built in the shape of a pyramid. It is very likely that this used to be a furge.
Also the so-called granary is located in the court. It is a high building with three rows of gothic windows over the ground floor. In the sout-west track, which is well restored, some habitable areas con be found. The Masters of Tures, a noble family and one of the most famous houses in Tyrol, used to live in the castle before the 13th Century. The Tures family died out way back in 1340.
In 1977 the castle became the property of the Südtiroler Burgeninstitut (Southtyrolian Castles Institute). During the 15th and 16th Century the castle was used as a home. The castle is completely furnished and it was preserved very well. That is why the Castle of Tures Castle is considered to be one of the biggest and most beautiful castles in the whole Tyrolean area. About two thirds of the 64 rooms are paneled with wood. The fresco-paintings of Friedrich Pacher in the chapel are particularly precious.
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Museum of the commemorative place of the brothers Oberkofler at San Giovanni
Commemorative place of the brothers of Ahrntal Johann Baptist (1895-1969), priest and painter, and Josef Georg Oberkofler (1889-1962), publicist and poet.
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