St. Justina
St. Justina stands in a small hamlet within Bolzano, where a late medieval church preserves a simple late Romanesque form. Its straight choir, pointed barrel vault, rectangular door, and round-arched windows create a clear, restrained silhouette.
Built in the early thirteenth century, the church first appears in records from 1207 as “sancta Justina.” A 1288 document places it within the princely estate “ze sand Justein,” linked to the office of Gries, while Ulrich Zwigkh appears in 1487 as the area’s princely tax collector. Wall paintings inside include Saint Ursula with her virgins, and the bell tower carries triforium openings beneath a masonry pointed pyramid. War damage led to reconstruction in 1954, which retained the original forms.
Look up at the tower’s pointed masonry pyramid, then notice the round-arched windows and the medieval paintings within.
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