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"Great is the power of memory that dwells in places." (from Cicero)

Villa Rifesser

Villa Rifesser, since 2006 a listed building that was influenced by late Historicism and features a verandah with Jugendstil elements, came about in 1890 thanks to the conversion of the old farmhouse by the altar builder and manufacturer, Josef Rifesser. His son, Josef Jr., carved four wooden busts of figures involved in the Tyrolean Rebellion of 1809 for the bay window. The workshop on the ground floor was used by the sculptor, Pepi Rifesser, a grandson of the builder, until the turn of the century.

Peza

The origin twin farmhouse goes back to 1249 according to dendrochronological investigations. The core section has a walled base, cellar access in the east and an overhanging wooden upper floor, called 'piguel' in Gröden. The listed building is divided down the middle according to the roof ridge line and has been uninhabited for a while but is still run as a farm. The western half of the building was bought by St. Ulrich council as an example of architecturally interesting heritage.

Costamula Dessot

This detached farmhouse built in 1606/08 was renovated and granted listed status in 1985, and is now a restaurant. The feeding station made of logs takes up more of the façade than the walled living quarters. The attractive larch shingle roof was renewed and edged with wooden boards in accordance with Ladin tradition (so-called Ladin roof).

Janon

Janon, once a twin farmhouse, but just a residential building today, was first mentioned in records in 1430. The remnants of the red quoins, red window framing and the year 1585 written on the façade are noteworthy. There is a relief with scissors and needle chiselled above the other symbols on the keystone of the pretty arched doorway, perhaps pointing to a family of tailors once working here. The building has had listed status since the 1950s. The western half of the building is uninhabited.

Fëur

Fëur auf Furnes is one of the highest-lying farms in Gröden. The building with listed status was originally a twin farmhouse and is nowadays used as a mountain pasture hut. The original preserved 15th-century gable roof-shaped parlour ceiling is one of the oldest parlours in the Tyrol area. The house and its parlour were a popular motif for the painter Josel Moroder Lusenberg, who used them mainly in his light and colour studies.

Col de Flam Dessot

The core of this detached farm with living and farm quarters under one roof dates back to 1554. The inside of the listed farm building was converted a few years ago. The farm name is from the pre-Romanesque place name of Col de Flam, which is linked to a Latène period cult site ('place with priests', 'place of invocation'), attested to by archaeological finds in Museum Gherdëina.

Villa ANRI

Villa ANRI in St. Christina, now a listed building, newly built in 1925, was used as the headquarters of the ANRI company founded in 1921 by Anton Riffeser. For this purpose, workshops, offices, warehouses, packing and exhibition spaces were housed here. ANRI products were sold as far away as the USA and in its heyday, the company employed up to 230 people. Production was moved to premises at Plan Tiefa in 1952 and ceased in 2021.

Rescion Dessot

Tree-ring dating techniques date the wood used for the dwelling back to 1426, while the wood for the barn is assumed to date back to 1419. The upper floor of the house is a 'Blockbau' timber log construction, and the chambers were added later. Rescion Dessot is the farm of origin of the painter Bernadin Piceller (Pitschieler), who worked at the turn of the 20th century in Rome and Perugia. His brother Josef was a professional musician there.

Gustin

The detached 15th-century farmhouse at the start of Wolkenstein enjoys listed building status and is not inhabited today. One part of the living quarters  was found in the stonewalled eastern section of the building. The parlour ('Stube') and rooms were in the wooden boarded section. This is where the famous wood carver Katharina Kasslatter (anda Trina da Gustin), one of the first students at the art school in Wolkenstein to sign her work, lived until her death in 1974.

Col dala Pelda

Col dala Pelda is a building representative of the baroque era with tent roof and intricate façade decorations built around 1640 by two ladies from the House of Wolkenstein - hence the coat of arms on the north-eastern side. From around 1700 to 1878 it was the seat of the local court (the stocks were not far away), before becoming a private dwelling. The barn belonging to it was built in 1690 and has been a listed building since 2024.