The White Tower (German: Weißer Turm [ˈvaɪsɐ ˈtʊrm]) is located in Brixen, a small town in South Tyrol, Italy.

[5] These rebuilding works increased the overall height of the Tower, making it the tallest building and the symbol of the city of Brixen.

Because of its height and its dominant position over the historic centre of the city, the tower was used by a night watchman, who lived there and was able to get a complete overview of the surroundings.

A large part of the ecclesiastical and secular building stock of the city of Brixen had been converted to Baroque style after 1600 or had undergone historical redesigns in the 19th century.

Connected through a mezzanine to the rise to the next flight of stairs, on the third floor there is a wooden scaffolding on which, in the past, ropes and counterweights were placed.

The mechanical clock is on the fourth floor, made by a wooden cabinet that is accessible through a short flight of stairs from the east.

The bell system in the Brixen Cathedral as well as the one in the Parish Church of St. Michael is taken care of by the company Berger Kirchturmtechnik from Virgen (in East Tyrol).

The adjoining St. Michaels Gate with the typical polygonal bay window was the main access to the city of Brixen, at the junction between Brennerstrasse and Pustertaler Strasse, until the 17th century.

The museum, which has had more than 6,000 visitors, shows the role and importance of the tower in the contemporary and past religious and civic life of the city.

On the rear wall of the Church there is the painting depicting Saint Joseph Freinademetz, the Chinese missionary of Badiota origin, who was canonised by the Pope John Paul II on 5 October 2003 in Rome.

On the opposite side of the nave there is the crucified Jesus Christ, standing next to the Mother of Sorrow, who is holding Her Son's dead body in Her arms.

On the side walls of the nave the fourteen stations of the Via Crucis are represented: this illustration is intended to be read by the believers as an exhortation to retrace the Christ crucifixion path.

The dedication to the archangel Michael, who became the Patron of the Kingdom since the victory obtained in the battle against the Hungarians in Lechfeld in 955, also dates back to the Ottonian dynasty.

To her the Treasury of the Cathedral owes the so-called "Chasuble of Alboino", a purple liturgical garment made with a Byzantine silk fabric bearing the image of the imperial eagle, part of Theophane's dowry.

The building after this first church was later erected in the Gothic style and today still retains the appearance of the past: a late-Gothic construction built of granite blocks with pointed arched windows.

Joseph Hautzinger, coming from Vienna, who had already worked in the Cathedral, created the frescoes that currently adorn the vaults of the nave.

It stands on the site of a previous Ottonian building, a Romanesque church from the 16th century, consecrated by Bishop Hartwig in 1038.

"[9] The frescoes of the side altars represent Biblical scenes: the Annunciation, the adoration of Magi, the crucifixion and deposition of Jesus.

Above the presbytery and the high altar there is the adoration of the Holy Trinity by part of the choir of angels and a group of venerated saints: Cassiano, Sebastiano, Giuseppe, Luigi, Floriano, Giovanni Nepomuceno, Vittorio e Urban.

[19] In addition, the "White Tower List" turned against the "unchristian nationalism" of the "secret SVP district chairman" Hans Stanek.