Mareta On the hill overlooking the beginning of Ridnauntal that opens to the west of Vipiteno , lies what is, rightfully, considered the most beautiful baroque castle in South Tyrol: Castel Wolfsthurn.
Cited as a castle since the twelfth century, held by the Wolf family of Mareta, was completely rebuilt in its present form in 1727 by Andrea Wenzel von Sternbach which utilized the work of master builder Joseph Trento Delai . These works transformed the castle into a palace of baroque exceptionally large bill, think about its sides open up to 365 windows!
This is a collection of buildings particularly well-balanced and charming.
The interior is decorated with stucco ornaments and floral motifs of the first half of the eighteenth century. Also interesting is the hall of the medieval tower, a height twice that in other rooms and the chapel, consecrated in 1738, decorated with stucco and embellished with delicate frescoes.
Since 1996, this imposing castle houses the Provincial Museum of hunting and fishing. Personally I am against hunting modern which I find no justification except for reasons of numerical control of certain specimens dictated by strict protocols of the Forestry Police. Well worth hunting another story of the past when there was a real need to provide meat and when the business was founded on a sort of challenge where heroic hunter and prey had similar chances of success. It 'just this type of hunting that the museum is about.
The three spacious exhibition areas are located in the main castle.
On the first floor is the exhibition area covering just hunting and fishing activity is not taken into account only in terms of historical and natural, but mainly from the historical-cultural. For this reason, in addition to the dioramas of various animal species indigenous folk art is also ample space.
And so on display for gunpowder horns, saddlebags and tableware decorated with hunting hunting, snuff boxes, wooden boxes, pipes, glasses, fishing rods, reels, flies and other artificial yet.
the second floor you can visit the sumptuous stately rooms that have been preserved in their original aspect furnished with period pieces that recall the life of the nobility in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries;
all the furniture, paintings, tapestries and furnishings are part of the inventory original castle.
Finally, in the basement were three rooms set up where visitors can follow through the game, some interesting educational topics.
Recently it has also been set up this educational activity "Woods and water" that starts at the parish church of Mareta and runs for about a mile along an easy forest path, which skirts also a reserve of deer, up to the castle.
The exhibition aims to enhance the museum experience beyond the walls of the castle providing certain issues pertaining to the life of the forest. It is both an opportunity to take a leisurely stroll through a scenic natural environment. The trail is accessible for prams and wheelchairs.
The castle is open from April 1 to November 15, Tuesday to Saturday from 9.30 to 17.30 on Sundays and public holidays open from 13 to 17. Be closed on Monday and Nov. 1.
To get there, coming from Bolzano on ordinary road, follow signs for Ridnauntal before entering the town of Sterzing. For those traveling sull'Autobrennero, exit at Sterzing and turn left following the signs for Ridnauntal.
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