Runkelstein Castle

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Castle Roncolo

Roncolo Castle ( Castel Roncolo Italian ) is a medieval castle in South Tyrol, which is known for its extensive profane fresco cycle.

Location

The castle is situated near Bolzano on an almost universally protected rock high above the Talfer, at the entrance to the Sarn Valley on Rittner municipality. The system consists of the actual castle and a large outer bailey. Unlike many castles in South Tyrol, which were heavily rebuilt in modern times, Roncolo has preserved its medieval character.

History

The facility was built with some certainty in 1237 by the brothers Friedrich and Beral of cheeks (see castle cheek Beller Mont ). Already in 1274 she was in a siege by Meinhard II, Count of Tyrol, badly damaged and dilapidated. Already in the 14th century it was repaired. 1385 the brothers Franz and Niklaus Vintler acquired the castle and began in 1388 with the renovation and painting of. In 1390 the chapel was dedicated. 1520 " vault at the Porten " was destroyed by a gunpowder explosion, but the ring wall restored already 1531. 1574 the castle under the Lords of Liechtenstein was rebuilt again, left their coat of arms in the mezzanine floor. 1672 a fire destroyed the Ostpalas. In the 18th century the castle returned to the cafeteria of the Prince-Bishops of Trento.

1833 visited King Ludwig I of Bavaria, the castle and wore itself as the first person in the surviving guestbook. A part of the summer house plunged in 1868 by a rock fall into the depths of the canyon. Around 1880, finally, the system of Archduke Johann Salvator was purchased and Emperor Franz Joseph of Habsburg bestowed. As a result, the castle was restored by the Viennese cathedral architect Friedrich von Schmidt from 1884 to 1888 and in 1893 donated to the Municipality of Bolzano, which she still owns.

Plant

The system is divided into several components, which are arranged around the courtyard. In the West, the four-story West Palas is with the "bath room", a room with well-preserved frescoes from the period of Vintler. In the north, which was built from 1390 summer house closes at that merges into the former kitchen wing to the east. The east side of the castle is occupied by Ostpalas with the connected, originally two-storey chapel. In the southeast corner is the 1884 to 1888 was reconstructed donjon. The farm building to the south is also an annex of the 19th century. Inside the castle has been preserved of the original furnishings very little.

Fresco cycle

The plant has the largest secular fresco cycle of the Middle Ages, which has originated from 1388 to about 1410 on. One of the oldest parts are the wall paintings in the chapel consecrated in 1390. The pictures show in the Romanesque apse still a Crucifixion group and on the triumphal arch the victim of Cain and Abel. Right of the chapel door begin Scenes from the Life of St. Christopher, which continue on the north wall. The west wall is occupied by scenes from the life of St. Catherine of Alexandria and on the south wall, the remains of the legend of St. Anthony Abbas can be seen. In the western Palas can be found on the mezzanine floor of the first floor in 1995 exposed courtly scenes and on the floor above knightly games as well as the famous bath-house with a very well-preserved murals of about 1400th The walls are of red painted wall hangings covered, stretching over which painted arcades. In the individual arcades are male and female figures in courtly dress, and on the south wall depictions of animals. On the third floor of the western Palas there are hunting scenes and the jousting that was painted before 1402. In the adjacent room of love couple pairs communicating with each other as well as the representation of a piston tournament can be seen. Also known are the Terra Verde paintings of Tristan and Isolde in the summer house ( around 1410 ), and the rare cycle of the Arthurian knight Garel from blossoming valley. There are nine triads, three groups of people who communicate with each other in a context on the outside of the cottage. The painting at the triads arose shortly after 1393rd There you will find figures from antiquity as Hector, Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar, biblical characters like Joshua, King David and Judas Maccabeus, further King Arthur, Charlemagne and Godfrey of Bouillon, Margaret Maultasch, mythical figures such as Dietrich von Bern, Siegfried and Dietleib by Steier and giants and dwarfs. The importance of Runkel Steiner frescoes lies in the fact that they represent a unique source for the history of clothing from the late Middle Ages, particularly the 14th century. It is possible to read different influences from different parts of the depicted drapery.

Roncolo Castle can be visited and houses temporary exhibitions.

Ball game

Jousting

Hunting

Tristan cycle

In the castle

Painting on the facade