Castle of Avio

The latter enlarged it and added a chapel dedicated to St. George, together with a façade showing the doge's coats of arms.

In 1509 the castle was conquered by the troops of Maximilian I of Austria who, after painting his insignia on the façade, gave it to the counts of Arco.

Among the latter, the so-called Torre della Picadora was the place where executions (through hanging) were carried on.

The first is the "Chamber of Love" (Camera di Amore), dating to c.1330 and painted by an unknown workshop that had already worked in the Chiesa dei Domenicani in Bolzano.

This room features scenes of love visible through the openings of a large painted brocade or curtain.