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Castles In South Tyrol
This is a list of castles in South Tyrol in Italy. # Castle Aichberg, Eppan an der Weinstraße # Altenburg bei St. Pauls, Eppan an der Weinstraße # Annaberg, Goldrain # Castle Auer, Tirol # Castleruine Boymont, Eppan an der Weinstraße # Castle Bruneck, Bruneck # Brunnenburg, Tirol # Churburg, Schluderns # Castle Enn, Montan # Castle Ehrenburg, Kiens # Castleruine Eschenloch, Ulten # Fahlburg, Tisens- Prissian # Castle Festenstein # Fingellerschlössl/Walbenstein, Sarntal # Fischburg, in Sëlva # Castle Freudenstein, Eppan an der Weinstraße # Fürstenburg, Mals # Castle Gandegg, Eppan an der Weinstraße # Castleruine Goien, Schenna # Castle Goldrain, Goldrain # Castle Gravetsch, Villanders # Castle Greifenstein, Terlan, (aka. ''Sauschloss'' (Pig Castle)) # Haderburg, Salorno # Haselburg, Bolzano # Castle Hauenstein, Seis am Schlern # Castle Hocheppan, Eppan an der Weinstraße # Johanneskofel, Sarntal # Castel Juval, Naturns # Castleruine Kaldif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castle
A castle is a type of fortification, fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by Military order (monastic society), military orders. Scholars usually consider a ''castle'' to be the private fortified house, fortified residence of a lord or noble. This is distinct from a mansion, palace, and villa, whose main purpose was exclusively for ''pleasance'' and are not primarily fortresses but may be fortified. Use of the term has varied over time and, sometimes, has also been applied to structures such as hill forts and 19th- and 20th-century homes built to resemble castles. Over the Middle Ages, when genuine castles were built, they took on a great many forms with many different features, although some, such as curtain wall (fortification), curtain walls, arrowslits, and portcullises, were commonplace. European-style castles originated in the 9th and 10th centuries after the fall of the Carolingian Empire, which resulted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castle Freudenstein
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars usually consider a ''castle'' to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble. This is distinct from a mansion, palace, and villa, whose main purpose was exclusively for ''pleasance'' and are not primarily fortresses but may be fortified. Use of the term has varied over time and, sometimes, has also been applied to structures such as hill forts and 19th- and 20th-century homes built to resemble castles. Over the Middle Ages, when genuine castles were built, they took on a great many forms with many different features, although some, such as curtain walls, arrowslits, and portcullises, were commonplace. European-style castles originated in the 9th and 10th centuries after the fall of the Carolingian Empire, which resulted in its territory being divided among individual lords and princes. These nobles built castles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sëlva
Sëlva (; ; ) is a (municipality) and a village in the Val Gardena in South Tyrol, northern Italy, located about east of the city of Bolzano. The Ladin language, Ladin and Italian place names derive from the Latin word ("wood"). History Coat-of-arms The arms are quartering (heraldry), quarterly, the first and third quarters are per bend nebuly argent and gules; the second and third quarters are indented Azure (heraldry), azure and Argent on a Base sable (heraldry), sable. The emblem represents the insignia of the Lords of ''Wolkenstein'' who built the local castle in 1291. The arms were adopted in 1968. Geography As of 30 December 2010, it had a population of 2,637 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute National Institute of Statistics (Italy), Istat. Sëlva borders the following municipalities: Badia, South Tyrol, Badia, Campitello di Fassa, Canazei, Corvara, South Tyrol, Corvara, San Martin de Tor, and Santa Cristina Gherdëina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarntal
Sarntal (; ) is a valley and a ''comune'' (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about north of the city of Bolzano. The municipality comprises several towns and villages. The largest one, seat of the mayor and council, is ''Sarnthein''. Geography Sarntal borders the following municipalities: Hafling, Freienfeld, Klausen, Franzensfeste, Mölten, Ratschings, Ritten, Jenesien, St. Leonhard in Passeier, Schenna, Vahrn, Vöran and Villanders. The Durnholzer See is located in the municipal territory. The main river is the Talfer, which has its source at the ''Weißhorn'' mountain in the ''Pensertal''. History The village of Sarnthein was first mentioned in 1211. Coat of arms The emblem represents an or deer A deer (: deer) or true deer is a hoofed ruminant ungulate of the family Cervidae (informally the deer family). Cervidae is divided into subfamilies Cervinae (which includes, among others, muntjac, elk (wapiti), red deer, and fallow dee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Festenstein
Festenstein Castle (also Burg Festenstein, Ruine Festenstein, Schloss Festenstein, Castelforte, and Castel Forte) is a 13th-century castle ruin, located above Andrian in South Tyrol, in northern Italy. It is perched on a rocky outcrop called the Gaider Schlucht, and can only be reached via a steep mountain climb. The castle was built around the mid-13th century, and was used as a stronghold by the many warlords of the area. It was saved from further deterioration in 2008. History The exact date Festenstein castle was built is not known. It is mentioned in written documents in the mid-13th century, and had already been built by the time the Counts of Eppan took possession. They used it as a stronghold and to collect taxes from nearby farms. The castle was damaged at some point, and repairs began in 1383, when it became the property of the Lords of Villanders Villanders (; ) is a village and ''comune'' in South Tyrol in northern Italy with 1,875 inhabitants (as of December 31, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tisens
Tisens (; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about northwest of the city of Bolzano. The commune is home to Katzenzungen Castle which harbors a 350+ year old vine of the Italian wine grape variety Versoaln that is considered one of the world's oldest and largest single grapevines in existence.J. Robinson, J. Harding and J. Vouillamoz ''Wine Grapes - A complete guide to 1,368 vine varieties, including their origins and flavours'' pg 1133 Allen Lane 2012 Geography As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 1,845 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat. The municipality of Tisens contains the ''frazioni'' (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Gfrill (Caprile), Grissian (Grissiano), Naraun (Narano), Platzers (Plazzoles), Prissian (Prissiano), and Schernag. Tisens borders the following municipalities: Gargazon, Lana, Nals, St. Pankraz, and Unsere Liebe Frau im Walde-St. Felix. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulten
Ulten (; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about west of Bolzano. History Coat-of-arms The shield is party per pale of argent; the first part shows half Tyrolean eagle; the second part is tierced per fess of sable and argent In heraldry, argent () is the tincture of silver, and belongs to the class of light tinctures called "metals". It is very frequently depicted as white and usually considered interchangeable with it. In engravings and line drawings, regions to b .... It is the arms of the Counts of ''Eschenlch'' and the Tyrolean eagle represents the membership to the Tirol. The emblem was granted in 1967. Demographics Linguistic distribution According to the 2024 census, 99.09% of the population speak German, 0.84% Italian and 0.07% Ladin as first language. Demographic evolution Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
