Holiday apartment in Chienes: Discover the Roman Road, churches and Ehrenburg Castle

Chienes between the Roman Road, landscape and culture

Chienes is appealing if you would like to combine historic places and routes through the landscape in one trip. The Roman Road from Chienes to Ehrenburg begins in the centre of Chienes. The cultural and landscape hike also begins in Chienes and initially follows the Grünbach stream towards Schöneck Castle. These two route ideas provide concrete guidance when choosing a holiday apartment in Chienes: you can include a Roman-themed route and a cultural landscape hike in your personal travel plans.

Following in the footsteps of Roman times

The Roman Road from Chienes to Ehrenburg includes information and rest stations relating to travel in Roman times. As a result, the focus is not only on the route itself, but also on the historical significance of travel. The route can be mentally connected with the other architectural and cultural monuments that you can discover in Chienes, St. Sigmund and Ehrenburg. The cultural and landscape hike, on the other hand, initially begins at the Grünbach stream and leads towards Schöneck Castle.

Churches and art in St. Sigmund

St. Sigmund is home to the present-day parish church, which was built between 1449 and 1489. Its high altar dates from 1440 and is considered one of the oldest and most significant winged altarpieces in South Tyrol. The Baroque Stöckl zur Schmerzhaften Muttergottes is also located in St. Sigmund. It was built in 1621 and extended in 1644. Those interested in religious art and historic architectural forms will find several specific points of interest here, dating from different periods.

Ehrenburg Castle and the provost church

Ehrenburg Castle adds another prominent historical theme to the Roman Road. The first complex was built in the 12th century; around 1732, the castle was transformed into a Baroque palace. Important for your planning: Ehrenburg Castle can only be viewed from the outside. The present-day provost church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Ehrenburg is a Baroque building constructed between 1698 and 1701.

The crypt chapel of the provost church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary contains the “Grain Mother of God” and other remarkable works of art. Together with the architectural history of the castle and church, this creates a concentrated cultural and historical destination in Ehrenburg for an excursion, without the individual sights losing their distinct identities.

A special milestone and Kronplatz

The Ehrenburg milestone is a roughly two-metre-high milestone made of quartz phyllite and is considered one of the best-preserved of its kind in South Tyrol. Chienes is also a starting point for excursions to Kronplatz, which is easily accessible by public transport. The range of documented destinations thus extends from Roman history and religious art to a mountain excursion destination.

For further orientation, you can also view Terenten, Ahrntal, Vintl, Issing, Mühlen In Taufers, Sankt Lorenzen, Olang and Niederdorf.

For the overarching travel overview: Puster Valley.