One of the most famous people in South Tyrol: Reinhold Messner. He gained his fame as a rock climber, expedition mountaineer, polar and desert traverser and repeatedly broke taboos. For four decades, he gathered experience at the extreme edges of the earth, which today enables him to create a museum chain on the subject of […]
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MMM – Messner Mountain Museum Juval
Reinhold Messner is certainly one of South Tyrol’s most famous personalities. He has earned his fame as a rock climber, expedition mountaineer, polar and desert traverser and has repeatedly broken taboos. For four decades he has been collecting experiences at the far ends of the earth, which today allow him to create a chain of […]
South Tyrolean customs: Launching of Burning Disks
This is a poetic way to drive away winter in the Vinschgau Valley In many South Tyrolean customs, the four elements – earth, fire, water, air – play an important role. This is also the case with the so-called “Scheibenschlagen” (disc cutting), which takes place in Vinschgau at the beginning of Lent. The fact that […]
Discover the Cathedral of Bolzano and the Cathedral Treasury virtually
The symbol of the South Tyrolean capital of Bolzano is the Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary. A meeting house, a so-called domus, already stood on its site in early Christian times, which was then expanded into a basilica in the 5th and 6th centuries. After Bolzano’s economic and cultural rise to become a trading […]
MMM – Messner Mountain Museum Ripa
Reinhold Messner is definitely one of the most famous people from South Tyrol. He gained his fame as a rock climber, expedition mountaineer, polar and desert crosser and has repeatedly broken taboos. For four decades he gathered experience at the extreme edges of the earth, which today enables him to create a museum chain on […]
The Egetmann parade in Termeno
One of the oldest but also strangest carnival customs in South Tyrol is the Egetmann procession in Termeno, which takes place every Shrove Tuesday in odd-numbered years. Thousands of spectators from near and far come to Tramin to experience this spectacle. The main figure of this great procession is the Egetmann, who gives his name […]
The Spring Valley in South Tyrol – A sea of flowers in winter
In many places, the ski slopes still have great snow conditions and offer pure fun on the descent. But there is one place in South Tyrol where spring has already arrived. There, the first snowdrops and liverworts are already sticking their heads out of the ground and offering a great play of colours in the […]
Traditional Masked Ball
Der Maschgertanz ist ein althergebrachter Faschingsbrauch in Prad am Stilfserjoch, doch niemand kennt seinThe masked ball is a time-honoured carnival custom in Prad am Stilfserjoch, but no one knows its exact origins or its deeper meaning. Perhaps it is a kind of wedding procession or a dance of death. In any case, it is one […]
Zussl Race in Prato allo Stelvio
The colourful winter hustle and bustle on Shrove Thursday An old custom for expelling winter that only takes place in Prad is the colourful Zussl race. It is not only a carnival procession, but also a precisely choreographed noise ritual. On Shrove Thursday, young boys dress up in white robes decorated with colourful paper flowers. They […]
MMM – The Messner Mountain Museum Ortles
Reinhold Messner is definitely one of the most famous people from South Tyrol. He gained his fame as a rock climber, expedition mountaineer, polar and desert crosser and has repeatedly broken taboos. For four decades he gathered experience at the extreme edges of the earth, which today enables him to create a museum chain on […]