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Seightseeings in the Taufers and Ahrn Valley

Churches and chapels in the Taufers and Ahrn Valley

Baroque church of St. Johann at San Giovanni

Built in the 18th century (1783-1785), consecrated in 1788. The paintings are made by Franz Joseph Schöpf while the main and the side altars were created by Jakob Santer.

Holy Ghost Church at Predoi

Built in 1450 and consecrated by cardinal Nikolaus Cusanus;
Holy Trinity in three similar statues;
As upper part of the pedestal three tabernacles with statues: Oswald, Kilian and Ursula;
Legendary, shot through crucifix.

Castles and locks in the Taufers and Ahrn Valley

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.
Information: Tel. +39 0474 678053 - e-mail - homepage

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.
Visite su richiesta: Tel. +39 0474 671178

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Museums in the Taufers and Ahrn Valley

Parish Museum Taufers at Campo Tures

The Parish museum is located beside the parish church in Campo Tures. Back in the times of the nobles from Tures, the two storey building was already being used as a store room for the tens of collections that were divided between the lawyer of the Signori di Tures and the priest of the canon. In 1984 Dean Munter assembled a large number of pieces of art from the churches and chapels of Campo Tures in this store room. The objects on show are not real exhibition pieces of a museum since they are still used for liturgical purposes. A visit to the museum finishes off with the arrival at the parish church, a late gothic master piece.
Information: Tel. +39 0474 678060

Mineral Museum at Aurina Valley

Numerous samples of minerals from the Alti Tauri mountains, carefully collected by Josef Kirchler over the last few decades, provide evidence of how the Alps were formed. The more than 750 exposed minerals were found in the Zillertal Alps and in the Alti Tauri mountains:
rock crystals represent the ideal crystal and their transparence is a reminder of the eternal ice on the highest peaks, of feldspars, sparkles, violet amethyst, fluorides, apathetic diamonds, emeralds and titanits, which enchant every observer by their deep green.
Amongst the biggest smoked quartz in South Tyrol, the famous rock crystal 'ritorto' from the Predoi mine can be found.
Information: Tel. +39 0474 652145

Museum of the manger "Maranatha" at Lutago

You will experience an amazing wandering through the world of manger. The representations range from the traditional manger from Tyrol through the ancient oriental nativity place to the most recent representations of modern art. You will admire the life-size sculptures made of wood and the art of the traditional carving accompanied by atmospheric light and sound.
Information: Tel. +39 0474 671682 - e-mail - homepage

Nature-park house and museum Rieserferner-Ahrn at Campo di Tures

The Nature-park house fits in with the motto of the nature park “The limits of the nature and the limits of man“. Already at the entrance a film out of the bird’s-eye view imparts to the visitor first unused impressions of the area. A three-dimensional relief multimedially gives information about mountains, paths, huts, lakes and waterfalls. Through the time pendulum you can experience the history of the formation of the mountains whose structure can be found out through a kind of stone puzzle. Altitude grades until over 3,000 m, the retreat of the glacier, minerals, life-seized hand-carved birds of prey, undemanding lichen and the characteristic dialect of the valley let amaze, observe and admire. Visitor’s information systems give info about nature and landscape as well as the history of development of the nature park region. For kids there are fairy tales and legends of past times.
In the Natur-park house the visitor experiences space and time with all the beauties and limits of the nature park..
Information: Tel. +39 0474 677546

Other sightseeings in the Taufers and Ahrn Valley

Path of reflection (Saint Franciscus) at Caminata / Bad Winkl

The path of reflection of Saint Franciscus leads along the three Reinbach-Waterfalls – from Bad Winkel to the chapel Franz und Klara. The accompanying sign of the path is the “T“, the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet, the “tau“.
Walking time: altogether approx. 2 hours
Half-day walk on good, partly steep paths.
Difference in altitude: 350 m

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