Castle Runkelstein
Castle Runkelstein is located north of Bolzano, a medieval trading town in the Alps in modern-day Italy. The castle is famous for its beautiful frescoes featuring secular topics, like romantic stories or scenes from the life of the aristocracy. This episode is also a good chance to speak about medieval castles in general and trade across the alps in the middle-ages.
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Links & Show-Notes
- All the streets I mentioned: Via Claudia Augusta, Via Raetia, Via Imperii
- (In German and Italian) Brochure for walking tours in Bolzano “Historische Staetten und Objekte”
- (minute 9:14) You can reach the castle from Bolzano by foot walking North along the river for about 3 km.
- The rock used on which the castle is built and which was also used for the construction itself: Porphyry
- Messner Mountain Museum in Castle Sigmundskron
- Ötzi, a 5000 years old mummy which can be seen in Bolzano with all of his gear
Episode Chapters
- 00:00:14.000 Regional geography
- 00:00:51.000 Alpine passes
- 00:02:57.000 Trade across the Alps
- 00:04:52.000 Bolzano
- 00:06:14.000 Castles
- 00:07:47.000 Castles around Bolzano
- 00:09:11.000 Castle Runkelstein
- 00:11:49.000 The Frescoes
- 00:17:36.000 Other Sights in the Area