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The Ortler area is rich in things to see and do
- Resia Reservoir with the Alt-Graun church tower:
Alt-Graun was sacrificed to the Resia Reservoir in 1950. The church tower,
which still stands half out of the water, perhaps the best-known photo image of
the Vinschgau Valley, is today the only remaining sign of the village that yielded
to progress.
- Glorenza - the smallest town in Europe:
The unique Glorenza has a completely preserved town wall with circular corner towers,
arcades, town gates and battlements. Experience the special character of this jewel
of the Vinschgau Valley with its many picturesque alleys, nooks and crannies.
Sample the rural life, culture and pure romance!
- The Churburg in Sluderno:
Churburg castle is one of the best-preserved castle complexes in South Tyrol
and is a magnificent monument to the Renaissance. It was built between 1253
and 1259 by Bishop Heinrich of Montfort of Chur, came under the ownership
of the Counts of Mazia fifty years later, and then, after their line died
out in 1504, passed to the Counts of Trapp, who still occupy it today as a
summer residence.
- Marienberg Monastery in Burgusio:
The monastery was built by the Count of Tarasp in 1146.
The first five Abbots came from Ottobeuren; the monastery was
dissolved from 1807 to 1816 during the Bavarian secularisation and
reacquired in 1816. The first monks came from the monastery at Ottobeuren in Swabia.
Under them, Marienberg became a religious and German-speaking centre in the Rhaeto-Romanic
surrounding area. The main gateway and frescoes in the crypt are both redolent of the time
that the monastery was founded during the Romance period. They are artistic monuments of Europe-wide importance.
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