Municipality in Tyrol, Austria
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Lienz is a medieval town in East Tyrol in Austria. This fairly small city of about 12,000 inhabitants (2021) has a well-preserved historic centre and a good number of interesting sights.
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Bruck Castle was the home and stronghold of the Counts of Gorizia. It dates back to the 12th to 13th centuries. It has an especially extensive collection of works by the locally born painter Albin Egger-Lienz. It houses the city's folklore museum, the castle's cultural-historical exhibition, and the archaeological department of Aguntum and Lavant.
Built in the early 17th century as a residency for the lords Wolkenstein-Rodenegg, this well-preserved castle on the main square is used as town hall.
Stadtpfarrkirche St Andrä
This parish church is the oldest church in the city. It was built on the foundations of an early Christian sacred building (probably 6th century, seat of the bishop who had moved from Aguntum/Lavant) in the Romanesque style and was converted into a three-aisled Gothic basilica in the 15th century by the Gorizia workshop. The altars date from the Baroque period, and the tower was only completed in this century.
Benefiziatkirche St. Michael
From the 14th century. It was the burial place of the Lords of Graben, former ministerials of Lienz.
Dominikanerinnenkloster Lienz
The monastery has existed continuously since 1220 and is one of the oldest buildings in the city. The church has holes in the outer walls of a Romanesque flat ceiling above the Gothic vaults. The frescoes by various artists are remarkable.
Lienz is located at a road junction between the Drautalstraße highway, leading from Carinthia to the Puster Valley in the Italian province of South Tyrol (B100), and the Felbertauernstraße (B108) from Lienz to…
Read in the guideIn Lienz, free buses run regularly between the city centre and the ski areas or Lake Tristacher in the winter and summer seasons. Public city buses run outside of the season.
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