San Lorenzo di Sebato

Excursions to San Michele Castle and along the Archaeological Path will show you San Lorenzo from its most beautiful side.

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View from the Plan de Corones (2,275 m a.s.l.), the famous local mountain and skiing area, down on the valley basin with San Lorenzo and Perca.
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The church with the two unequal towers, the landmark of the municipality, stands in the centre of the main village San Lorenzo (Sankt Lorenzen).
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The Archaeological Museum Mansio Sebatum tells you about Roman times, when Sebatum was an important crossing point, which is also testified by the find of a milestone near Castelbadia.
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Signpost above the westernmost district, Kniepass: The hiking paths, e.g. to the Issengo Pond, are particularly recommended in spring and autumn.
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Castel Badia, or Sonnenburg, is situated on a hill north of San Lorenzo: For many centuries, the former monastery was a powerful administrative seat with properties throughout South Tyrol.
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The Chapel of St. John in the Hospice, built on a rock, is another historical witness: It once stood next to the Castelbadia Hospice.
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San Michele Castle near Palù (Moos), estimated to date back to 1091 AD, is one of the oldest castles in the Val Pusteria valley and the entire Tyrol.
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After the 16th century, the court seat was moved from San Michele Castle to San Lorenzo in the Count’s House (the house of the castle carer).
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From Chienes you can walk to the hamlets of Campolino and Fassine: They are surrounded by forests, small oases of peace in the Val Pusteria.
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Above Campolino towers the natural climbing wall “Loathna Kofel” (literally: Campolino’s hilltop) with about 30 different routes, one of them up to 8a.
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Afterwards, the route enters the Val Badia, where there are numerous other villages that belong to San Lorenzo, including Mantana (Montal) here.
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Sares (Saalen) is a well-known pilgrimage site - the Church of Our Lady of Loreto houses a Black Madonna and many expressions of gratitude.
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At the furthest point in the Badia Valley is Onies, the border of the municipality to the south: After it already comes San Vigilio di Marebbe.
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Back in the main village on the Rienza river- on the far left you can already see the Plan de Corones (Kronplatz), a meeting place for mountain bikers, skiers and those interested in culture.
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The district of Santo Stefano lies at the foot of the Plan de Corones: From the summit you can reach the village in a 4-hour hike on foot.
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San Lorenzo in the winter months, a holiday resort between cross-country ski tracks, sledge runs and the Plan de Corones Skiing Area above it.
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The village of Castelbadia (Sonnenburg)… revitalising walks in summer become inspiring winter hikes in the cold season of the year.
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From Reiperting near Riscone you can reach the Plan de Corones by cable car: With its 120 km of pistes it is connected to Dolomiti Superski.
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The Plan de Corones is not only a true adventure mountain for skiers - it is also the ideal starting point for paragliding flights over the Val Pusteria.
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The 2.9 km long Haidenberg sledge run, famous for moonlight tobogganing, starts at the Haidenberg mountain inn above Santo Stefano.
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San Michele Castle, also known as Michelsburg, is still privately owned today, the partially dilapidated two-tower core castle was listed in 1950.
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The most frequent visitor to San Lorenzo di Sebato is the sun - the wide valley basin in which the municipality is located then merges into the sunny slopes at the entrance to the Val Badia, into the forests below the Val Pusteria Sun Road and into the little villages next to Brunico. Sebatum is also one of the words that characterise the market town: It is a Roman road station. Today, the Mansio Sebatum Museum with the adjoining Archaeological Panorama Trail tells about it, the only museum about the Roman period in South Tyrol.

Let's start in the main village: Here at the confluence of the Rienza and Gadera rivers, the cobbled village square with its colourful houses and the St. Laurentius Church with its disparate towers forms the centre of the municipality. Above it you can see the summit of the Plan de Corones, the hiking area with museums and action highlights in summer and South Tyrol's largest skiing area in winter. The bus takes you to the valley station in Riscone. Then the journey continues to the entrance of the Badia Valley, where districts such as Floronzo, San Martino, Palù, Mantana, Elle and - the most distant - Onies can be found. In between is the well-known pilgrimage site of Santa Maria di Sares.

Historical buildings such as San Michele Castle, the Hebenstreit Residence and Badia Castle with its monastery tell of earlier centuries, of proud castle lords and cultural masterpieces. The hiking paths between the flower meadows and fields in the valley basin lead from one place to the next and are also nice excursions for cyclists. Castelbadia, pictured here, extends like the hamlets of Campolino and Fassine below the Val Pusteria Sun Road. The last small villages are already on the way towards the Valle Isarco - Kniepass - and to the Plan de Corones: Winter hikes and many a tobogganing adventure start from Santo Stefano on the slopes of the mountain. If you want to enjoy cross-country skiing, you can try out the circular track of the Riscone Sports Park.

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