Fontana Castle

Of secret fountains and the descendants of Ezra Pound

When walking from Tirolo towards Tirolo Castle a steep path on your left takes you to a slightly different kind of castle. This is Fontana Castle, also known as Brunnenburg in German. Whether the castle got its name from secret fountains or from one of its numerous owners, isn't clarified yet. What we know for sure is that already in 1241 a first fortress was built in this place.

Since then Fontana Castle has seen quite a lot of owners and so the powerful fortress turned first into a ruin, then into a farm and was finally renovated in 1904. Today the Gothic-style castle hosts the South Tyrolean Museum of Agriculture, introducing you to the hard life of mountain farmers. By the way: Did you know that the museum was founded by Siegfried von Rachewitz, the grandson of renowned American poet Ezra Pound?

Opening hours:
from the middle of March-November: 9.30 am-5 pm; open also on Sundays and holidays;
closed on Tuesdays.

Fontana Castle
Via Castello, 17
39019 Tirolo
phone: +39 0473 923533