Tirol Castle no.2: From A Window by sandra46

Photography • Landscape • posted on Oct 10, 2012

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From a window of Tirol castle a view of Tirol village, a comune (municipality) in the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 25 km northwest of the city of Bolzano.It borders with a number of other municipalities, the most important being Meran. The rows are vineyards of very known wines, mostly white. The coat-of-arms shows an eagle of gules (the tincture with the colour red in heraldry) beaked and membered of or on argent background, surmounted by a vert lime branch. The insignia has medieval origin and it's the coat of the Counts of Tirol who took the name from the Tirol Castle. According to the 2011 census, 96.89% of the population speak German, 2.89% Italian and 0.22% Ladin as first language. The Ladin (Italian: Ladino German: Ladinisch), is a language consisting of a group of dialects (which some consider part of a unitary Rhaeto-Romance language) spoken in the Dolomite Mountains in Northern Italy in the provinces South Tyrol, Trentino and Belluno. The Reti or Raeti are considered the native inhabitants of the region, whose culture goes back to the late bronze Age, at the least. The Ladin language is closely related to the Swiss Romansh and Friulian. Therefore, the area is actually tri-lingual. Thanks for your kind comments.

Comments (45)

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bakapo

8:19PM | Thu, 11 October 2012

wow, this is a splendid shot!

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bobrgallegos

11:18AM | Fri, 12 October 2012

A most beautiful capture Sandra!!

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Umbetro38

3:18PM | Fri, 12 October 2012

A short visit and a look at your picture - I like it very well - have a nice weekend

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blondeblurr

3:41AM | Sat, 13 October 2012

That is quite a bold frame and majestic outlook to beautiful Tirol in those hills ... and surrounded by more mountains, 'die Bayrischen und Kitzbueheler Alpen', thanks for sharing, BB

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