The centuries have left their mark on the cultural landscape of Venosta
Valley. Today, it bears testimony in the varied cultural monuments: from
the Roman trade route
Via Claudia Augusta, to the
castles,
churches and monasteries of the Middle Ages and the
museums. Most significant are the historic towns of
Glorenza /Glurns with its fortified walls and
Malles/Mals with its five towers, the
Marienberg Abbey above Burgusio/Burgeis, the castles of Reichenberg and Rotund, but also
Sluderno/Schluderns at the bottom of
Churburg Castle.
The trail of the Middle Ages leads from the Carolingian
Benedictine Convent St. Johann in Val Müstair (CH) to the Marienberg
Abbey, the highest-situated monastery in the Alps, and the early
Christian
St. Benedikt church in Malles. The Romanesque church of St. Veith stands on the mystical
Tarces Hill. And a
guided bunker tour through the maze of bunkers gives insight into the military line of defense in the 20th century.