Fortress · Ritten (Renon), Trentino-South Tyrol
Runkelstein Castle
Schloss Runkelstein · Castel Roncolo
Runkelstein Castle (Castel Roncolo) is a medieval castle on a rocky outcrop above Bolzano in South Tyrol, known for its secular frescoes of courtly life.
Why go
Runkelstein Castle, Castel Roncolo in Italian, stands on a rocky outcrop above Bolzano at the entrance to the Sarntal valley. The castle's site says it was built from 1237 by the Wangen family, bought in 1385 by the merchant brothers Niklaus and Franz Vintler, who extended it and had it decorated with frescoes of courtly life, and given to the city of Bolzano by Emperor Franz Joseph in 1893; it reopened to visitors in 2000 after restoration. The frescoes are in the West Palace and the Summer Palace, whose cycles include the tale of Tristan and Isolde. The castle is run by the Foundation Castles Bolzano, and its site says guided tours can be booked for groups and that scheduled weekend tours are held in Italian and German. Although the city of Bolzano owns it and its address is in Bolzano, the castle lies in the comune of Ritten (Renon) according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap.
Near Runkelstein Castle
Museum
South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology
The South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology on Via Museo in Bolzano is the museum that displays Ötzi, the Copper Age glacier mummy found in 1991.
2 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Lake
Lake Braies
Lago di Braies (Pragser Wildsee) is a Dolomite lake in the municipality of Braies in South Tyrol, within the Fanes-Sennes-Prags Nature Park.
59 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Archaeological site
Roman Theatre of Verona
The Roman Theatre of Verona is the remains of a 1st-century BC open-air Roman theatre on the slope of the San Pietro hill, on the left bank of the Adige in Verona.
122 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Church
Basilica of San Zeno
The Basilica of San Zeno Maggiore is a Romanesque church in Verona, named after the city's patron saint, whose remains are kept in its crypt.
123 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ