The old bishop’s town of Bressanone, renowned for centuries of history, art and culture, was the centre of the district’s religious life for a thousand years. The famous cathedral and bishop’s palace host monuments and museums that bear witness to centuries of glory of one of the most famous bishop princedoms of the last few centuries.
One of the most famous bishop princes of this diocese was Cardinal Niccolò Cusano, named after his home town of Kues, a village in the Mosella valley near the Germanic city of Treviri. It was here, in the attempt to reform the Church that he clashed with the political authorities and the corrupt abbess Verena from the convent of the Benedictine nuns of Castelbadia, near San Lorenzo.
Today, a fully-equipped skiing area rises from behind the city up to a height of 2500 metres, offering downhill runs for skiers with varying skill levels.
The six-kilometre “Trametsch” slope takes skiers all the way to Val d’Isarco where they can enjoy delicious specialities of the valley’s traditional cuisine along with typical local wines, including the famous winery products of the old abbey of Novacella, in the immediate vicinity of the city