Places worth a visit in Scena and surroundings:
Castle Schenna
The mausoleum
Saint Georg Church
Trauttmansdorff Castle
South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology with Oetzi, the Iceman
Messner Mountain Museum
Tyrol Castle

Castle Schenna

The Castle of Schenna was built by the Governor of Tyrol - Petermann of Schenna- around the year 1350 AD.
The castle was owned by several noble families over the centuries and frequently altered and renoveted.
In 1844 it was acquired by the Archduke Johann of Austria, who lived in the castle together with his family and then bequeathed it to the ancestors of the present owner: the Count of Meran




The mausoleum


Mausoleum The Mausoleum was built between 1860 and 1869 as the last resting place for Archduke Johann of Austria and his wife Anna.

It has been designed by architect Professor Moriz Wappler from Vienna.Without any doubt it is one of the earliest and most outstanding sacred buildings in neo-gothic style.




Saint Georg Church


This round Church of the 12th and 13th century is dedicated to Saint Georg.
It is situated about 2 km above Schenna.
Various beautiful old frescos decorate the interior and there is also an artful Gothic winged altarpiece.
The central pillar carries the date 1591, the year in which a stroke of lightning destroyed almost entirely one half of the Church. .



Trauttmansdorff Castle

Mild climate and southern flora.
The blooming gardens of Trauttmansdorff Castle are situated on a sunny slope above Merano, where Austrian Empress Sissy once sauntered.

You will find the main attractions of the gardens distributed on 12 hectares of grounds: Sun, water & terraced gardens, forested gardens and South Tyrolean landscapes.




South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology with Oetzi, the Iceman

Should there nevertheless be a rainy day, it is a real must to visit the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology. Not far from Walther Square and the medieval arcades, it is ideally situated in the centre of Bolzano. Experience 5,000 years of human history and visit the world-famous glacier mummy.






Messner Mountain Museum

The Messner Mountain Museum Firmiano housed in Firmiano Castle was opened in 2006 after three years of renovation. Reinhold Messner also calls it the „enchanted mountain“, as mountains have the power to enchant people. At the Messner Mountain Museum Firmiano, you will exactly experience this philosophy. A modern structure of glass and steel was added to the old walls of Firmiano Castle and it now tells you about the importance of mountains for people. Learn about the history of mountaineering and experience the influence of mountains on art of several cultures.




Tyrol Castle

The South Tyrolean provincial museum of history and culture, once the residence of the Counts of Tyrol, provides an overall view of settlers in the Alpine region from the 7th century BC until today. You can marvel at a melting furnace from the Bronze Age, which is still fully intact. The main wall, built around 1100, remains one of the oldest and best preserved castle walls and it still includes parts of the battlements. The two marble portals dating to the 12th century are rich in symbolic sculptures and are among the most original creations of Romanesque art in Tyrol. The chapel with frescoes from the 13th centuries offers the oldest examples of glass painting in Tyrol and a mighty wooden sculpture dating to the 14th century, representing the crucifixion scene. Tyrol Castle is said to be the cradle of Tyrol.