In Tarces/Tartsch is situated the
mystical Tarces hill with its Romanesque San Vito church. The hill formed by a glacier rises visibly above the Malles heath, it offers a panoramic view over
Malles/Mals and
Glorenza/Glurns and it is know as a place of strength.
Very close by, behind Sluderno/Schluderns, is Ganglegg, the
best-researched fortified hilltop settlement of the Bronze and Iron Age
in the Alps. Traces of the Celts and Rhaetians as well as Roman
antiquity can also be seen.
The Tarces hill was inhabited in prehistoric times and in
antiquity. For archaeologists, this hill is considered the prehistoric
center of the valley. An
approximately 1.3-acre, now sunken settlement,
was located here. Besides Roman coins, cup-marked stone and iron axes, a
2500-year old stag antler with Rhaetian inscription and the remains of a
Rhaetian house from the 3rd or 4th century BC were found. In the
interior of the hill, an unfinished WWII bunker, built between
1939-1942, was found.
All findings from Ganglegg can be seen in the
Vintschger Museum. There is also an informative archaeological park with buildings and fortifications from that time at the site.