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The Dolomites - UNESCO World Heritage Centre

Michael Wachtler will lead you through the magical world of the Dolomites Alps, a Natural Heritage of Humanity. >continue

The Gold of the Alps

The Alpine region was been the main discovery site for gold in Europe for several thousand years. Then it lost its significance thanks to the discovery of the new continents and their enormous deposits. However, in comparison it is not well known that rich gold finds are still possible in the Alps today. Amazing new finds and valuable old pieces await visitors.

Adventure and treasure hunt

The new open-air museum

Become an adventurous gold miner and crystal hunter yourself. You might just find a dinosaur or a crystal of your own.

Films about the Dolomites shown in the Dolomythos cinema: from the becoming of a landscape to World War I, from the story of the Ladins to the big adventurers and mountaineers. The most beautiful petrified witnesses and crystal treasures of the Dolomites, brought together by Michael Wachtler and many other collectors. The story of a unique becoming

„Masterpieces of Nature's Art“. These are big slabs full of petrifactions which are supposed to express that the greatest artist is still nature

Special exhibition
The First World War in the Alps

The most moving pictures of the war in the mountains – the colours of death – stories that made history – and the film: with partly shocking original shots from World War I. Michael Wachtler shows his sight of the war. It is the face of death and suffering but primarily of people during the war in these mountains.