Friday, April 9, 2010

Bella Bolzano/Bozen

Bolzano, also known as Bozen, is another of the towns in the South Tyrol region of Italy where it’s Austrian and Italian cultures harmonize side by side. Ötzi, the ice mummy, is in the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology here.

Castle Mareccio:




Homes in the center of town stand proudly in their decorated facades.



Details from doors in town:



An unusual chandelier brings an element of design drama to a shop:


3 comments:

  1. You have a great eye when taking the photos. Would like to hear more about your trip.

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  2. I think that it would be more correct to say the southtirolian and italian culture, not austrian and italian. The southtirolean people are proud to be southtirolean, not austrian. And by the way, I am neither italian nor southtirolean.

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  3. Thanks for the comments and corrections.
    Martha

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