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This Italian mountain town near to the Austrian border features the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology. The Ötzi museum, as it is also known, charts the history of South Tyrol (Alto-Adige) from the first glacial period (150 000 BC) to the Carolingian period. The famous Ötzi is the star attraction. The “iceman” was found in 1991 near the Similaun glacier in the Ötztaler Alpen. He is estimated to have been about 45 when he died and was preserved in ice for 5300 years. He is now preserved in a cold chamber which keeps a constant temperature of less than 6° C.

The Cathedral is a Church of pink sandstone consecrated to winegrowing and grape-harvest. It has involved construction spanning the Early Christian, Carolingian, Romanesque and Gothic periods. The campanile, built in the 16C and modernised with the addition of Gothic windows, reaches 62 m. On the right side you will see the small Wine portal, which is decorated in imagery associated with winegrowing and grape-harvest. The church used to have exclusive rights to sell wine in front of this door.

In the Dominican Church (I Dominicani), you’ll see Frescoes by Friedric Pacher and by the Giotto school. This Church was Built in a Gothic style. It was than modified and then damaged during the secularisation of 1785. You must see Saint Giovanni Chapel (after the Rood Screen) for its frescoes by the Giotto school and its cloister, decorated in Frescoes by Friedrich Pacher.

At the Franciscan Church (I Francescani), admire a sculpted wood altar and a retable by Hans Klocker. This church burned down in 1291 and was then rebuilt in the 14C and the original arches put back a century later. The interior is marked by an Altar of the nativity in sculptured wood, decorated with a retable by Hans Klocker. The charming little cloister has elegant arches decorated in frescoes from the Giotto school.