# Matteo Thun'scher Gucker

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Matteo Thun'scher Gucker rises within the Gardens of Trauttmansdorff Castle in Merano, northern Italy. The hillside gardens form an amphitheatre around the historic castle. Stainless steel gives the fifteen-metre viewing platform its clear, open structure. Matteo Thun designed it as a South Tyrolean architect and designer.

Completed in 2005, the platform projects from a circular steel construction into open air. About ninety-five percent of the structure remains see-through. Steps create the sensation of floating upwards towards the sky. Its telescope shape frames the Etsch Valley, the Merano basin, and more than a dozen castles and palaces. The Texel Group rises across the northern horizon. The surrounding gardens add themed areas, plant collections, paths, and further viewpoints.

A railing carries the words “only thoughts are free” as visitors look across the landscape. The gardens also contain the Touriseum and a high aviary with parrots and lorises.

- City: [Merano](https://mytuur.com/en/city/meran-merano/)

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