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Bolzano · Trentino-South Tyrol
Things to see in Bruneck
In Bruneck the atlas lists 13 historic places: 4 fortresses and towers, 3 castles, 3 museums, 1 abbey or monastery, 1 historic theatre and 1 historic villa or palace.
Of these, 3 list opening hours.
Don’t miss: South Tyrolean Folklore Museum (1976), museum in Italy.
By date of construction, the most common period is the Modern era (75% of dated places) and the Middle Ages (25% of dated places).
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The town
Bruneck (Italian: Brunico) is a city in Puster Valley in South Tyrol, Italy. The town is economically and culturally the centre of the Puster valley.
Bruneck was first settled back in the Stone Age. Objects found (such as the stone axe in Rasen), date back to the Bronze and Iron Ages and can be seen in Bruneck and places around it.
Relicts of Roman times can be seen everywhere - such as the milestone in Sonnenburg directly on the main road, which marked the route the Legions took through the valley from Aquileja to Aguntum.
The Celtic-Illyrishen tribes were Christianised and taken over by Romans until the Bavarians took over the supremacy of the region (after savage battles with the Slaves) in the sixth century.
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13 places
Fortresses and towers 4
Museums 3
Abbeys and monasteries 1
Historic theatres 1
Villas and palaces 1
Getting there
There are various ways of getting here to the heart of the Alps - quickly and comfortably.
See more information on how to get to South Tyrol in general in that article.
By plane: There are pooled shuttle services from Verona (VRN IATA), Munich (MUC IATA), Innsbruck (INN IATA) and other Airports to Bruneck.
By train: Bruneck is on the Franzenfeste-Innchen(-Lienz) stretch (Pustertal Line). There are trains hourly in each direction. Most are new, easily accessible to people with reduced mobility. At Franzenfeste there is perfect connection (4 minutes wait) to and from trains to Brenner and Bolzano. A few trains continue right onward to Innsbruck, otherwise there is yet another perfectly timed connection at Brenner.
It's possible to take the train from Southeast or Central Europe (or Vienna) via Graz to Lienz and come straight into the Puster Valley and to Bruneck. Otherwise the normal route is via Innsbruck, the Brenner Pass and transferring at Franzenfeste.
By car: There are several possibilities to reach Bruneck. You can choose the direct route over the Brenner Pass or you can take a scenic route over several mountain passes.
Coming from the north on the motorway via the Brenner Pass.
Coming from the south via Verona on the Brenner Motorway.
Or coming from the north via Innsbruck on the main road across the Brenner Pass (E45).
Coming from the north via the Reschen Pass (Nr 40)
Coming from Switzerland via St. Moritz.
Coming from East Tyrol via Lienz.
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What to see, according to Wikivoyage
The Graben (Italian: Bastioni) is the main street/promenade running through the town. Many of the historic buildings in the town lie along it.
Pragser Wildsee (Lago di Braies). The lake has earned the nickname "Pearl of the Alps", due to being increasingly popular among tourists. Castle Bruneck. A castle from since 1276, sitting on a hill above the town.
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