Sand in Taufers

Sand in Taufers (German pronunciation: [sant ʔɪn ˈtaʊfɐs]; Italian: Campo Tures [ˈkampo ˈtuːres]) is a comune mercato (market town) in South Tyrol in northern Italy.

Located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) northeast of Bolzano, the town centre is situated in the Tauferer Ahrntal (Taufers) valley of the Ahr river, stretching from Bruneck in Pustertal up northwards to the Venediger Group mountains of the Hohe Tauern range and the border with Austria.

West of the village of Mühlen, the Mühlwald valley stretches westwards up along the Speikboden massif to the Neves reservoir and the crest of the Zillertal Alps.

The Tyrolean lordship was ruled from Taufers Castle, a huge medieval fortress which towers on a rock above the village and was built from the early 13th century onwards.

[8] In 1974, due to provincial autonomy policy, Sand in Taufers has become in the Daimerstraße road the first postwar site of a social housing project in South Tyrol.

Taufers Castle