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==Main sights==

===Religious architecture===

====Parish of "Our Lady of Marsh"====
The Parish is the biggest church between Verona and Munich and was built from 1417 to 1451. The gothic altar, woodwork by [[Hans Multscher]] of Ulm, is {{convert|12|m|ft}} high and was completed in 1458. The church was later enlarged from 1497 to 1525 by Hans Lutz.  In 1753, the church was then modified in baroque style, with paintings by Adam Mölk, and the gothic altar removed; presently the altar is on display at the Multscher Museum.

====Holy Spirit Church====
The Holy Spirit Church is the oldest gothic church in town. Built in 1399, in the same main building of the old Hospital, is located in the Town Square; the nave is painted in fresco by Giovanni of Bruneck (1402).

====Saint Elisabeth Chapel====
Saint Elisabeth Chapel is part of the Deutschhaus and was built in Baroque in 1729&ndash;33 by Giuseppe Delai.  It has an octagonal plan with a rectangular sector concerning the altar and the choir. The dome frescos represent the patron saint and the coat-of-arms of the [[Teutonic Order]] were painted by [[Matthäus Günther]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.provinz.bz.it/denkmalpflege/themen/1071.asp?status=detail&id=17440|title = Denkmalpflege &#124; Autonome Provinz Bozen - Südtirol}}</ref>

====Kapuzinerkirche====
The church was built in 1636 and was consecrated the following year to Saint Mary Magdalene; it has a rectangular apse and a lateral chapel dedicated to the Immaculate Conception. The image in the niche on the façade represent the patron saint and is a work of the 17th century. The altarpieces presumably were painted by Josef Renzler in 1800 circa and represent Saint Mary Magdalene with Saint Francis and Saint Anthony; on the lateral altars are depicted Saint Felix and Saint Anthony of Padua.

====Saint Margaret Church====
The present church was built on the initiative of Bishop Paulinus Mayr in early Tyrolean baroque on a project of Peter Delai in 1678. The old church, mentioned for the first time in 1337, was restored and enlarged between 1459 and 1463 in gothic. In 1678, it was completely demolished, rebuilt, and consecrated in 1681.  The bell tower is detached from the church and it comes from the previous church, in 1624, the Romanic tower was demolished and built the present. The façade was inspired by to renaissance with the characteristic Palladian tripartite windows. In the niches are placed the wooden sculptures of [[Margaret the Virgin|Saint Margaret]] and Saint Agnes and above the portal is a fresco showing the Last Supper. The imposing interior has one nave, large windows, and a vaulted ceiling with lunettes.  The great high altar has six columns and an altarpiece representing the Coronation of Mary painted by Joseph Renzler in 1822, beside are two wood-carving of the Saints Francis Xavier and  John of Nepomuk.  Above the altar on the right is placed a statue of the Madonna with Child of 17th century bordered by the Rosary formed by fifteen painted discs presumably by Joseph Mildorfer.

===Civil architecture===

====Zwölferturm====
The Zwölferturm is a 46 m. high tower erected in 1470, it is the symbol of the city that divides the New Town from Old Town.  A fire in 1867 destroyed the original spire, which was replaced with the present embattled roof.
[[File:Sterzing (Aug 1912) - Zwölferturm.JPG|thumb|Sterzing (Aug 1912) - Zwölferturm]]

====Town Hall====
Built in 1468&ndash;72 in late gothic style while, the angular "Erker" was added in 1526. In the patio take place a Roman stone altar, dedicated to Lord Mithras and a milestone of the Imperator Septimius Severus; the same period the military road was completed in 200 A.D.

====New Town (Neustadt)====
It is the main street of the old city centre with buildings erected after the 1417 fire, during a period when the town was prosperous with the trade and the silver mines in the nearby Ridnaun Valley and Pflersch Valley.

===Military architecture===

====Reifenstein Castle====
Outside the city is the [[Reifenstein Castle]], one of the best-preserved medieval castles in the province.