Views of the Tyrolian town of Bolzano

statue to Walther von der Vogelweide the Meistersinger. Walther is one of the traditional competitors in the tale of the song contest at the Wartburg. He appears in medieval accounts and continues to be mentioned in more modern versions of the story such as that in Richard Wagner's Tannhäuser. He is also named by Walter von Stolzing, the hero of Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, as his poetic model.

The Bolzano Duomo with a statue to Walther von der Vogelweide the Meistersinger in front

detail of the roof of the Duomo, which has the same kind of tiled roofs they have in Budapest

King Neptune with his trident

The Bozen Arch Museum (The South Tyrol Museum of Archeology)

South Tyrol Museum of Archeology floor tiling detail

we took a funicular up to a high ridge above Bolzano

from the top of the plateau we could see some of the Dolomites

we took a little train connecting the Tyrolean towns on the Alto Adige plateau

onion domed church

lamplighter lamp

the town of Costalovara, Alto Adige

Dolomites with glaciers

Apiary (Bee) Museum, Costalovara, Italy

Christos

beautiful old heater stove

statue to Saint Ambrose, saint of bee keepers

older (left) and newer (right) parts of the Apiary Museum building