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Tarces hill
Malles, Vinschgau Valley
Description
In Tartsch/ Tarces is situated the mystical Tarces hill with its Romanesque San Vito church. The hill formed by a glacier rises visibly above the Mals heath, it offers a panoramic view over Mals/ Malles and Glurns/ Glorenza.  The hill of Tartsch was inhabited in prehistoric...

In Tartsch/ Tarces is situated the mystical Tarces hill with its Romanesque San Vito church. The hill formed by a glacier rises visibly above the Mals heath, it offers a panoramic view over Mals/ Malles and Glurns/ Glorenza. 

The hill of Tartsch was inhabited in prehistoric times and in antiquity. For archaeologists, this hill is considered the prehistoric center of the valley. An approximately 1.3-acre, now sunken settlement, was located here. Besides Roman coins, cup-marked stone and iron axes, a 2500-year old stag antler with Rhaetian inscription and the remains of a Rhaetian house from the 3rd or 4th century BC were found. In the interior of the hill, an unfinished WWII bunker, built between 1939-1942, was found.