Bolzano: Castle Juval

Our Italian friends were kind enough to plan a social dinner for Friday night, including a private tour of the Castle Juval (owned by the world famous mountain climber Reinhold Messner).

These were from the trip to the castle.



The valley below the castle.


The main entrance to the castle. You can also see here the rears of Kurt and Julia.


The main courtyard.




In the basement were small blocks screwed to the ceiling beams. We assumed that these were for training. The smallest was only about 1/4" thick. There was another that was slightly thicker, but perfectly circular.



In the "Tibet" room, the floor is made out of many small blocks of wood, with end-grain exposed.