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Bolzano · Trentino-South Tyrol
Things to see in Bolzano
In Bolzano the atlas lists 61 historic places: 21 museums, 21 historic villas and palaces, 11 castles, 4 abbeys and monasteries, 3 historic theatres and 1 archaeological site.
Of these, 7 list opening hours and 3 have free entry.
Don’t miss: Museion (1985), museum in Bolzano, Italy.
By date of construction, the most common period is the Modern era (81% of dated places) and the Middle Ages (19% of dated places).
- 61historic places
- 106,107inhabitants
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The town
Bolzano (Italian) or Bozen (German), (Ladin: Balsan, Bulsan) is the capital city of South Tyrol, the German-speaking region in the northern part of Italy. Bolzano is the largest city in the region. Its archaeology museum is famous worldwide as the home of the alpine iceman "Ötzi". It is also known as the Italian Capital of Christmas thanks to its characteristic Christmas market. Bolzano's population is around 100,000 (140,000 including the metropolitan area). 25% of inhabitants speak German as their mother tongue; the population of German-speakers is much higher in the non-urban parts of the province (up to more than 90% in some areas), making the city and province officially bilingual.
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61 places
Museums 21
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Messner Mountain Museum Firmian 
Domschatzkammer Bozen 
Bunker H 
Museum Eccel Kreuzer Ar/ge kunst Galleria Museo Cinè Museum BZ '18-'45 Archimod Bibliothek Ortler - Biblioteca Ortles Collezione di presepi del convento Muri Gries Watch Museum Bolzano Fondazione Antonio Dalle Nogare Galleria Goethe Memorie della Grande Guerra Turbina Francis Turbine (1925 Marlengo - Marling) Villas and palaces 21
Castles 11
Abbeys and monasteries 4
Historic theatres 3
Archaeological sites 1
Getting there
Bolzano is on the crossroads between Northern and Southern Europe, just south of the Brenner Pass. It is well-connected, possessing a small international airport and forming a major hub of the railway system in Central Alps.
By plane: ABD Airport Bolzano Dolomites (BZO IATA). Bolzano's own airport, some 5 km outside Bolzano city centre, to the south east. Flights from a small number of destinations are offered by one airline, SkyAlps, using smaller turboprop (Dash 8 Q400) planes. These are relatively expensive, however. There are details on the airport website.
Airports within reasonable distance from Bolzano with scheduled flights include those in Innsbruck, Verona and Venice. Munich and Milan Malpensa are the nearest airports with intercontinental connections.
There are no direct transport links with the city apart from taxis. Buses 10A and 10B stop 1 km north of the terminal. A rapid-transit system is planned, which will connect the airport to the city centre.
By train: All trains from Germany and Austria and other parts of Italy stop at 2 Bolzano Central Rail Station. There are connections with several cities. Useful websites are that of Trenitalia (Italian Railway Company), Österreichische Bundesbahnen (Austrian Federal Railway Company) and Deutsche Bahn (German Railway Company).
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What to see, according to Wikivoyage
Museums and galleries: South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology. The most famous and visited museum in South Tyrol. Museion - Museum for Modern and Contemporary Art. New building by Studio KSV Krüger Schuberth Vandreike from Berlin. Messner Mountain Museum Firmian. South Tyrol Museum of Natural Science. Municipal Museum. The oldest museum in South Tyrol.
City Gallery. important temporary art exhibitions.
Churches: Cathedral Gothic-Romanesque building dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption built between the 13th and the 16th century with a lot of important frescoes and sacred arts. It's supposed that the church was built over a Roman basilica. It was partly damaged during World War II, and was renovated after the war.
Dominican's church The first Gothic building in South Tyrol contains frescoes of the Giotto School.
St Augustine Church The church located in Gries is one of the most important examples of baroque in South Tyrol. Before the secularization it was a church of the Augustinian order - now it belongs to the Order of Saint Benedict from Muri in Aargau, Switzerland. Valuable paintings of local painter from Wipptal Martin Knoller.
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