CASTEL TIROLO
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Castle with a museum and a chapel decorated with Gothic frescoes on prehistoric remains of Merano.
Residence of the Counts of Tyrol, this castle bequeathed its name to the entire region. The tour retraces the construction of this imposing, massive edifice in the 11thcentury , on a site that revealed prehistoric remains, as well as the remains of three successive churches between the 6thand 10thcenturies . Romanesque portals and Gothic frescoes in the chapel. The castle museum also depicts life in the Middle Ages through a series of period objects. The museum covers a thousand years of Tyrolean history, with a section on the 20thcentury and the annexation of South Tyrol to Italy.
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