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Gustav Mahler statue
Dobbiaco, Puster Valley
Description
The Gustav Mahler statue is located directly in the village center of Dobbiaco and was made in the years 1976 – 1982 by the Slovenian Bojan Kunaver. The famous composer Gustav Mahler delighted in his summer holidays in Dobbiaco: “It is wonderful to be here, it sets y...

The Gustav Mahler statue is located directly in the village center of Dobbiaco and was made in the years 1976 – 1982 by the Slovenian Bojan Kunaver.

The famous composer Gustav Mahler delighted in his summer holidays in Dobbiaco: “It is wonderful to be here, it sets your soul and body at ease…”. From 1908 to 1910 Gustav Mahler spent the summer months at the Trenkerhof farm in Carbonin Vecchia. In the composing house there he created his Ninth Symphony, the unfinished Tenth Symphony and “Das Lied von der Erde.”