Churches, Monasteries and Chapels in Venosta Valley

In the Vinschgau valley in South Tyrol, there are churches and monasteries of great cultural and historical significance spanning more than ten centuries. The history of these sacred buildings, with their round apses and fresco cycles, is shaped by conflicts between the Engadine League of God’s House and the Habsburgs, as well as by disputes between nobility and clergy, peasants and the bourgeoisie. Many of South Tyrol’s cultural treasures have nevertheless withstood the passage of time in the Vinschgau.