After my hike I realized that I had time to get the local transport to go to Castel Roncolo. The Mediaeval castle is located on rock high above the Talvera river.
1237 is the year that the original complex was built. Ownership changed several times until in
the second half of the 15th century when Castel Roncolo passed onto the
hands of Sigismund of Austria. From the 18th century on the
castle kept deteriorating. In
1883 Franz Joseph I of Austria received the castle as donation from
Archduke Johann Salvator of Austria, who solemnly donated it to the city
of Bolzano in 1893. Now it is open to the public. The walk up to it is steep and very uneven and some stairs in the interior seem more like ladders than stairs. - Nancy
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