Bolzano, far north of Italy

Bolzano - Bolzano is a provincial capital of Trentino Alto Adige, located at 262 meters with 100,000 inhabitants. A city in the far north of Italy, it could easily be confused with an Austrian city starting with the architectural style of its most important buildings. An illustrative example is the Cathedral, a true jewel of Romanesque-Gothic art, built starting from the 11th century; of the Romanesque part of the cathedral only the foundations remain, the exterior was rebuilt after the Second World War and is an extraordinary example of the Gothic style.

Bolzano is located in the center of a large basin originating from the conjunction of three valleys. The historic center is very lively and lively which attracts visitors in large numbers. In the seventeenth century under the pressure of Claudia De Medici and some lords of the Tyrol, a particular architectural style developed in Bolzano. During the Christmas period, an unmissable stop is Piazza Walther, a great medieval poet, where the traditional Christmas market takes place, which is not the only one in the city, a city full of markets of all kinds, from food, to flowers, to the farmer's market. A visit to the South Tyrolean Archaeological Museum is a must to give a quick greeting to OTZI, the man who came from the ice or mummy of the Similaun, found in 1991 in the Alps on the border between Italy and Austria. Just 25 km from Bolzano, Lake Carezza deserves an excursion, nestled in a dense forest and famous for its waters with very special and unique colors that have earned it the attribute of a rainbow lake.