Brixen, Cathedral town in South Tyrol, Italy.
The Cathedral Maria Himmelfahrt stands at the center of Brixen, featuring Gothic architecture with decorated cloisters and religious artworks dating from medieval times.
Brixen originated as a Roman settlement named Pons Drusi and developed into an ecclesiastical center during the Middle Ages under the jurisdiction of prince-bishops.
The population of 22,423 inhabitants maintains both German and Italian languages, with German speakers representing 69.4% and Italian speakers 26.1% of residents.
The town connects to major transportation routes via the A22 Autostrada del Brennero highway and regular rail services linking northern Italy with Austria.
At 560 meters elevation, Brixen received the Alpine Town of the Year award in 2018 for balancing urban development with environmental protection in mountain settings.
Location: South Tyrol
Elevation above the sea: 560 m
Shares border with: Villnöß, Lüsen, Natz-Schabs, San Martin de Tor, Vahrn, Feldthurns
Website: http://bressanone.it/it
GPS coordinates: 46.71655,11.65785
Latest update: May 31, 2025 20:00
Neustift Abbey
3.1 km
Brixen Cathedral
74 m
Plose
6 km
Vinzentinum
944 m
White Tower
1 m
Hofburg
250 m
Krippenmuseum, Brixen
227 m
Vilseck
1.6 km
St. Michael
27 m
Velthurns Castle
6.8 km
Diocesan Museum Brixen
265 m
Klarissenkloster Brixen
573 m
St. Johannes im Kreuzgang
126 m
Pfeffersberg Castle
1.2 km
Castle Salern
3.7 km
St. Michael
3 km
Austro-Hungarian military cemetery of Vahrn
1.5 km
Kapuzinerkirche Brixen
420 m
Franziskanerkloster Brixen
542 m
Grosser Gabler
8.5 km
Pharmacy Museum Brixen
33 m
St. Cyrill bei Tils
1.7 km
Voitsberg Castle
4.1 km
St. Josef
200 m
St. Andreas
2.5 km
Raier Moos
3.4 km
Brückenwirt
2.9 km
Library of the Philosophical-Theological Academy Brixen
164 mReviews
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