Runkelstein Castle

It is a medieval fortification on a rocky spur, built after 1237. In 1385, Niklaus and Franz Vintler, wealthy merchant brothers from Bolzano, bought the castle and commissioned vast renovations. The house was painted with frescos, for which the castle is most famous today, inside and outside. The cycle of frescos (the largest cycle of profane frescos from the Middle Ages in the world) has topics of literary nature, including King Arthur and his knights, Tristan and Isolde, Dietrich von Bern. Read more here. Photo by Vid_Pogacnik@wikimapia.org (CC by-nc-sa)