Italy · 13th century
The Bishop's Palace, in German Bischofsresidenz or simply Hofburg, is a large historic building in Bressanone, in South Tyrol, that served as the residence of the prince-bishops. Since 1976 it has housed the city's Diocesan Museum.
Machine-translated from “Palazzo Vescovile (Bressanone)” on the Italian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hofburg Brixen ranks #6,690 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #477 of the 560 mapped in Italy. Founded 1296, it is older than 63% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 1080 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. 11 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Innsbruck, 65 km away. It is one of the 30 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of South Tyrol. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.
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