Cappella dello Zallinger

High above Saltria beneath the Sasso Piatto, a neo-Gothic chapel built in 1857 stands at 2,037 metres. The Zallinger Chapel is built of limestone ashlar; Masses are still celebrated there.

Why it matters

Karl von Zallinger-Stillendorf of Bolzano built the chapel in 1857; it was inaugurated in 1858. It stands on the Zallinger pasture, called Sassegg in Ladin-Bavarian speech, meaning "hill on the big rock", at 2,037 metres beneath the west face of the Sasso Piatto in the Sassolungo group.

What to notice

Built of limestone ashlar, the chapel has lancet openings, a gabled roof and a modest finial in neo-Gothic style. It is dedicated to the Virgin Mother. A commemorative plaque records its builder. Renovations marked the chapel’s centenary and its hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary. Its principal feast falls on 15 August.

Context and history

Karl von Zallinger-Stillendorf founded the chapel as a devotional building on the Sassegg pasture. A mountain inn later grew beside it. Anniversary renovations retained its nineteenth-century character. The chapel remains part of the parish of Seis.