Trauttmansdorff Castle

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Trauttmansdorff Castle

Trauttmansdorff Castle is a castle located south of the city of Merano, South Tyrol, northern Italy. Since 1543, the castle and gardens were owned by the House of Trauttamandsorff , one of the oldest and most distinguished Austrian noble families. [1] It is home to the Touriseum, a museum of tourism [2] and since 2001 the surrounding grounds have been open as the Trauttmansdorff Castle Gardens, a botanical garden.

During the years of fascist Italy the castle was called di Nova Castle (Torrente Nova is the name of a little brook near Trauttmansdorff).

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References

  1. https://www.suedtirolerland.it/en/highlights/castles-mansions/trauttmansdorff-castle/ [ bare URL ]
  2. Gasser, Patrick. "Touriseum - Südtiroler Landesmuseum für Tourismus". touriseum.it.

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