Val d'Ega - Worth seeing places - Obereggen

Schloss Thurm

Moreover, the lovers of sacred art cannot miss to visit the little museum in the Town Hall, in the Castle of Thurm ancient seat of a tribunal in the XIII century, which still keeps a precious altarpiece by Orazio Giovanelli (1619), another one by Johann Georg Platzer dated XVIII century, baroque statues of the Saints Agata and Barbara, candelabra, church objects and a collection of holy pictures.

Many are also the cultural attractions which the twon offer all the year round. Among these, there are some which are certainly worth a mention, such as the Parish Church with its neo-gothic altar which keeps four precious bas-reliefs representing the Nativity, the visit of the Magi, the Presentation to the Temple and the Death of Mary.

Another masterpiece is then the cycle of frescoes in the Church of Sant'Elena, made by the painters of the School of Bolzano in 1400. These painting decorate the church of the XII century both outside and inside, with scenes from the Holy Bible.

The parish church in Ega San. Nicolò was admired in Ega of the mountain-boy as a rescuer from water danger. In Ega it should protect the village before the water of the Sam and Gerold brook.

The place of pilgrimage Maria Weissenstein in Monte San Pietro is in South Tyrol the most important place of pilgrimage. It belongs to to most admired places of the country. Leg-printing the long course is in the monastery.