Italy

Messner Mountain Museum

The ‘Ripa’ Messner Mountain Museum (MMM Ripa). Brunico, South Tyrol, Italy. © Rudolf Abraham The Messner Mountain Museums are a group of six museums across Italy’s South Tyrol (Sudtirol) region (well one is actually a few kilometres into the Veneto region, to be precise), dedicated to the mountain world, created by renowned mountaineer Reinhold Messner. …

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Nepal in South Tyrol

The ‘Firmian’ Messner Mountain Museum, Bolzano (Bozen), South Tyrol, Italy. The Messner Mountain Museums (MMM) are an outstanding group of museums scattered across Italy’s beautiful South Tyrol region, dedicated to the mountain world, created by renowned mountaineer Reinhold Messner. MMM Firmian is the centrepiece of these museums, and is housed in the restored Sigmundskron Castle. …

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