Mals / Burgeis

Malles and Townships

Malles and Townships

The main town of the Upper Venosta Valley, Malles/Mals, is located at 1000 meters above sea level in a sunny, open location at the foot of Malles Heath. The old town centre contains seven Romanesque churches and chapels, towers and villas. There are the enchanting satellite villages of Laudes/Laatsch, Clusio/Schleis and Burgusio/Burgeis, with the Monte Maria Benedictine Abbey, which is the abbey located at the highest altitude in all of Europe. At the bottom of Malles lies the mystical Tarces hill. Also noteworthy are the enchanting mountain villages of Mazia/Matsch and Ultimo-Alsago, Planol/Planeil and Piavenna/Plawenn as well as Slingia/Schlinig and Prämajur, which belong to Malles. In earlier times, the 5,000-strong community once had seven steeples and five of them are still in existence.